Dec. 27, 2006: CIDA: Grants, Contracts, Contributions

Bumped up Dec. 28, 2006

Funding: doing good with taxpayers' money

2005 Auditor General's Report
Status Report pdf Chapter 5
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Canadian International Development Agency
Financial Compliance Audits and Managing Contracts and Contributions

Note the difference between grants and contributions, along with the sharp increase in grants.

Contracts down -- Contributions and grants rose

Contributions to Non-Competitive Agreements rose

Would that not be a boon to friends nationally and internationally who would not have to compete, it appears? Do you wonder at the squeals when anyone starts digging into this?







Grants rose



Why? What projects were planned? Any in Africa, for example?