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...
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.
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.
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,
billion spend
We couldn't spend $91 billion if we wanted to,
assistance citizens help iraq learn official
will help American citizens learn more about official U.S. assistance for Iraq and make contributions to high-impact development projects.
armed cannot factions government opportunity warn
We need this opportunity to warn armed factions and some of the militias that they must back the new government or we cannot do our reconstruction.
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.
andy last low numbers poll
(Bush's) low poll numbers go back to last summer. Andy is not responsible for the poll numbers.
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,
best buy cash countries food immediate move needs quickly region within
There are going to be immediate food needs in the region and the best way to move food very quickly is to give cash to WFP to buy within the countries in the region,