Government and Politics Watch: Ex-Gates Official Named to USAID
November 11, 2009
Rajiv J. Shah, a former official with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation who currently works at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will be nominated to head the U.S. Agency for International Development, notes Government and Politics Watch, The Chronicle’s online column. The nomination comes as a relief to some aid groups, which have assailed the Obama administration for leaving the post vacant for nearly a year.
