Andrew Natsios
Andrew Natsios
Andrew S. Natsiosis an American public servant of Greek origin who has served in a number of Massachusetts and high level federal government positions. Most notably, he has served as Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan, and Vice President of World Vision. Currently, Natsios teaches as Executive Professor at The Bush School of Government and Public Service...
efforts food program shut
They are going to shut down the World Food Program efforts at the end of this year, which we think is a mistake.
aid people programs run seen
Bono and many other very well-intentioned people have really never actually run aid programs and seen what happens,
aid huge money programs
If you don't have those other conditions, you can put huge amounts of money into aid programs and they'll be ineffective.
food program
If the World Food Program leaves, we're leaving,
aid corruption programs quickly weak
If you put too much aid too quickly into weak institutions, where there isn't capacity, you have corruption, and the programs don't work.
andy president resign several tried
Andy has tried to resign several times but the president just would not have it.
optimal people
even in a best-case scenario, under optimal conditions, we could see as many as 320,000 people die.
capacity changes manage rule
You have to make changes to the capacity of governments to manage programs, to write the right laws, to have the rule of law,
basically created europeans standard
a standard that Europeans created basically for their own purposes.
dealt problems
There have been problems. ... I think most of them have been dealt with at this point,
equip fund government help mainly officials pay
This fund will mainly help pay salaries of government officials and equip their offices.
committed emergency money sunday took
The money was committed on Sunday when the emergency took place,
extensive generous history
the most generous and the most extensive in American history for the U.S. government.
causing conference crisis fits head state tyrannical
I am uncomfortable when any head of state that is tyrannical and predatory comes to a conference like this, and he (Mugabe) fits that category. He is causing the crisis in Zimbabwe.