Thursday, June 16, 2005

Chief of 'Millennium' Aid Fund Is Quitting

Two days after a group of African leaders complained that the Bush administration's signature program to aid poor nations had proved slow, the head of the program told his staff on Wednesday that he would resign.
...The program has given final approval for aid to only two countries, Madagascar and Honduras, and has disbursed almost no money. Program officials have said that more approvals are in the pipeline, that the money will soon begin flowing and that, in any case, the program is as much about encouraging good government as about dispensing financial assistance. [thanks, Sharon]

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