Moroccan Pottery Classes: $27 Million
A "key part" of a four-year, $27 million plan by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve the economic competitiveness of Morocco involved training Moroccans to design and make pottery for sale both locally and in international markets, Cobrun's report says. But the translator hired was not fluent in English and some of the materials used in the sessions were not regularly available in Morocco. The agency's Inspector General concluded the training was "ineffective and poorly implemented."
