Making aid work

A distinguished director of technical cooperation projects in Hungary and the Russian Federation provides lessons for structuring a successful program. Written in readable, nontechnical terms, the lessons are a must for both the donor community and the firms and individuals in charge of implementation. According to a General Accounting Office report, the Russian Federation project that Struyk uses for his primary examples has won rare praise: "The USAID Mission Director in Moscow called it one of the most successful ones he had ever seen. A USAID official in Washington said that, for the money, no USAID project has had more macroeconomic impact."