A Radically Different Way of Bringing U.S. Aid to Pakistan – Joshua Foust

Traditional aid programs are struggling in the country. But a less conventional program with less conventional goals seems to show a better model.

-Excerpt- One good model might be the Rural Support Programmes Network. A sprawling collection of local NGOs, the RSPN was founded by the Aga Khan Network in 1982, and has since become its own, separate program. While the stats about its reach are impressive — reaching millions of the poorest homes across a vast swath of Pakistan — what’s especially fascinating about RSPN are its methods.

via A Radically Different Way of Bringing U.S. Aid to Pakistan – Joshua Foust – International – The Atlantic.

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