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When Aid Bureaucracy Consumes Its Own Purpose

I coordinate international aid programs and half our budget goes to administrative overhead while people die from preventable diseases but my director says operational costs are just part of doing business.

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Half your aid budget goes to overhead while people die, and your boss says that's just how it works.

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