Suspended IRD Responds to Allegations That It Mismanaged U.S. Funding

The nonprofit International Relief and Development — once the U.S. Agency for International Development's largest contractor in Iraq and Afghanistan — responded to USAID’s suspension of its projects over allegations that IRD misused U.S. taxpayer funds and engaged in “serious misconduct.”

“This is a pretty unprecedented situation,” an IRD representative told Devex, “and an extraordinary opportunity going forward to build a 21st century [nongovernmental organization] that is really going to be setting some new standards in the development landscape.”