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Chemonics, established in 1975 as a subsidiary of Erly Industries,<ref name="Cozy">{{cite news |title=Cozy Links to a U.S Agency Prove Useful to a Rice Trader |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/11/business/cozy-links-to-a-us-agency-prove-useful-to-a-rice-trader.html |access-date=February 12, 2019 |work= | Chemonics, established in 1975 as a subsidiary of Erly Industries,<ref name="Cozy">{{cite news |title=Cozy Links to a U.S Agency Prove Useful to a Rice Trader |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/11/business/cozy-links-to-a-us-agency-prove-useful-to-a-rice-trader.html |access-date=February 12, 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=October 11, 1993 |first1=Diana B. |last1=Henriques |first2=Dean |last2=Baquet}}</ref> is an [[Employee stock ownership plan|employee-owned]], [[for-profit corporation]] based in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="Orlina">{{cite web |last1=Orlina |first1=Ezekiel Carlo |title=Top USAID contractors for 2015 |url=https://www.devex.com/news/top-usaid-contractors-for-2015-88181 |website=[[Devex]] |access-date=February 12, 2019 |date=May 27, 2016}}</ref> The [[international development]] and [[consulting firm]] has received some of the U.S. government's largest aid contracts supporting agriculture, [[Conflict management|conflict]] and [[Crisis management|crisis]], democracy, [[economic development]], education, energy, governance, [[health care]] and [[supply chain]], [[international trade]], [[microfinance]], sustainability, water, [[welfare reform]], and [[youth program]]s.<ref name=Orlina/><ref name="Schreiber">{{cite news |last1=Schreiber |first1=Melody |title=Top US government aid partner to pay $500k damages to African American job applicants |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/nov/21/top-us-government-aid-partner-to-pay-500k-damages-to-african-american-job-applicants |access-date=February 12, 2019 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=November 21, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Cohen">{{cite news |last1=Cohen |first1=Rick |title=Chemonics Int'l Scores Lion's Share of $10.5B USAID Contract Suite—Competition Complains |url=https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2015/05/06/chemonics-int-l-scores-10-5b-usaid-contract-competition-complains/ |access-date=February 12, 2019 |work=[[Nonprofit Quarterly]] |date=May 6, 2015}}</ref> It has received some of the U.S. government's largest aid contracts and has been labeled a [[Beltway Bandit]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bender |first1=Bryan |title=Study finds cronyism in Iraq, Afghanistan contracts - The Boston Globe |url=http://archive.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2003/10/31/study_finds_cronyism_in_iraq_afghanistan_contracts/ |access-date=3 September 2019 |work=Boston Globe |date=31 October 2003 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Wissing |first1=Douglas A. |title=Hopeless but optimistic : journeying through America's endless war in Afghanistan |date=8 August 2016 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0253022851 |page=49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xuu7DAAAQBAJ&q=beltway+bandit+chemonics&pg=PA49 |access-date=3 September 2019}}</ref><ref name=newsweek>{{cite news |last=Wolverson |first= Roya|date= 24 November 2017|title=BELTWAY BANDITS |url=https://www.newsweek.com/beltway-bandits-96591 |work=Newsweek |access-date=24 November 2018}}</ref> | ||
According to [[Devex]], the firm offers [[capacity building]], communications, [[corporate social responsibility]], [[knowledge management]], [[performance management]] and [[Performance appraisal|appraisal]], and program design services, and has worked on projects in more than 150 countries throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East.<ref name=Orlina/> Funders have included the [[Overseas Private Investment Corporation]], [[United Nations Development Programme]], [[United States Agency for International Development|U.S. Agency for International Development]] (USAID), [[United States Trade and Development Agency|U.S. Trade and Development Agency]], U.K. [[Department for International Development]] and [[World Bank]].<ref name=Kyiv>{{cite news |title=Q&A with Thurston Teele |url=https://www.kyivpost.com/article/content/ukraine-politics/qa-with-thurston-teele-1380.html |access-date=February 12, 2019 |work=[[Kyiv Post]] |date=October 7, 1999}}</ref><ref name=Villarino>{{cite news |last=Villarino |first=Eliza |title=Top DfID contractors: A primer |url=https://www.devex.com/news/top-dfid-contractors-a-primer-75680 |work=[[Devex]] |date=August 23, 2011 |access-date=April 22, 2019}}</ref> | According to [[Devex]], the firm offers [[capacity building]], communications, [[corporate social responsibility]], [[knowledge management]], [[performance management]] and [[Performance appraisal|appraisal]], and program design services, and has worked on projects in more than 150 countries throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East.<ref name=Orlina/> Funders have included the [[Overseas Private Investment Corporation]], [[United Nations Development Programme]], [[United States Agency for International Development|U.S. Agency for International Development]] (USAID), [[United States Trade and Development Agency|U.S. Trade and Development Agency]], U.K. [[Department for International Development]] and [[World Bank]].<ref name=Kyiv>{{cite news |title=Q&A with Thurston Teele |url=https://www.kyivpost.com/article/content/ukraine-politics/qa-with-thurston-teele-1380.html |access-date=February 12, 2019 |work=[[Kyiv Post]] |date=October 7, 1999}}</ref><ref name=Villarino>{{cite news |last=Villarino |first=Eliza |title=Top DfID contractors: A primer |url=https://www.devex.com/news/top-dfid-contractors-a-primer-75680 |work=[[Devex]] |date=August 23, 2011 |access-date=April 22, 2019}}</ref> | ||
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Chemonics was established as a subsidiary of Erly Industries in 1975 by Thurston Teele,<ref name="Hodge">{{cite book |last1=Hodge |first1=Nathan |title=Armed Humanitarians: The Rise of the Nation Builders |date=February 15, 2011 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |page=[https://archive.org/details/armedhumanitaria00hodg/page/34 34] |isbn=9781608190171 |url=https://archive.org/details/armedhumanitaria00hodg |url-access=registration |access-date=February 12, 2019}}</ref> with support from Gerald D. Murphy, the parent company's CEO and largest shareholder.<ref name=Cozy/> According to Murphy, he started Chemonics because "I've always wanted a way to do two things: one, have my own [[C.I.A.]], and two, be helpful to people."<ref name=Cozy/> Teele served as the first president of Chemonics until 2002, when he became [[chairman]] of the [[board of directors]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituaries: Thurston F. "Tony" Teele |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2005/04/02/obituaries/df510a5b-ef1d-4c50-a076-51cf9465d01d/ |access-date=February 12, 2019 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=April 2, 2005}}</ref> | Chemonics was established as a subsidiary of Erly Industries in 1975 by Thurston Teele,<ref name="Hodge">{{cite book |last1=Hodge |first1=Nathan |title=Armed Humanitarians: The Rise of the Nation Builders |date=February 15, 2011 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |page=[https://archive.org/details/armedhumanitaria00hodg/page/34 34] |isbn=9781608190171 |url=https://archive.org/details/armedhumanitaria00hodg |url-access=registration |access-date=February 12, 2019}}</ref> with support from Gerald D. Murphy, the parent company's CEO and largest shareholder.<ref name=Cozy/> According to Murphy, he started Chemonics because "I've always wanted a way to do two things: one, have my own [[C.I.A.]], and two, be helpful to people."<ref name=Cozy/> Teele served as the first president of Chemonics until 2002, when he became [[chairman]] of the [[board of directors]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituaries: Thurston F. "Tony" Teele |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2005/04/02/obituaries/df510a5b-ef1d-4c50-a076-51cf9465d01d/ |access-date=February 12, 2019 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=April 2, 2005}}</ref> | ||
In 1993, '' | In 1993, ''The New York Times'' said the company received 98 percent of its revenue in the form of agency contracts and increased revenues four-fold over the past decade.<ref name=Cozy/> Chemonics was awarded a $5 million, three-year contract in 1995 to manage the creation of Ukraine's Agricultural Commodity Exchange. In 1997, the company received funding to continue co-managing a privatization project for non-farm land in Ukraine. Chemonics reportedly earned contracts valued at $97 million in 1997 and $58 million in 1998.<ref name=Kyiv/> The company received US$15 million from the USAID between 1996 and 2003.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burron |first1=Neil A. |title=The New Democracy Wars: The Politics of North American Democracy Promotion in the Americas |date=March 3, 2016 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781317022923 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NeeqCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT158 |access-date=February 12, 2019}}</ref> | ||
In mid-2002, the company was awarded a $2.9 million contract to hire 3,000 locals to repair [[acequia]] and roads in Afghanistan's [[Shomali Plain]].<ref name=Hodge/> In Haiti, during the 2000s, Chemonics worked on agriculture programs, the [[Famine Early Warning Systems Network]], and the "WINNER" project, which promotes the farming of ''[[Jatropha curcas]]'' to serve as [[biofuel]].<ref name="Dearing">{{cite news |last1=Dearing |first1=Stephanie |title=Development and Aid in Haiti: Looking into the shadows Part I |url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/295141 |access-date=February 12, 2019 |work=Digital Journal |date=July 26, 2010}}</ref> In 2008, an audit by USAID's [[Office of Inspector General, U.S. Agency for International Development|Office of Inspector General]] (OIG) found that the results of Chemonics' $62 million contract in Afghanistan "fell considerably short" of the intended impact,<ref name=Schreiber/> and buildings constructed by subcontractors had significant construction defects.<ref>{{cite web |title=Audit of USAID/Afghanistan's Human Resources and Logistical Support Program |url=https://oig.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2018-06/5-306-10-007-p.pdf |publisher=[[Office of Inspector General, U.S. Agency for International Development]] |date=March 31, 2010 |access-date=February 12, 2019}}</ref> Chemonics said the audit "provided an incomplete picture".<ref name=Schreiber/> | In mid-2002, the company was awarded a $2.9 million contract to hire 3,000 locals to repair [[acequia]] and roads in Afghanistan's [[Shomali Plain]].<ref name=Hodge/> In Haiti, during the 2000s, Chemonics worked on agriculture programs, the [[Famine Early Warning Systems Network]], and the "WINNER" project, which promotes the farming of ''[[Jatropha curcas]]'' to serve as [[biofuel]].<ref name="Dearing">{{cite news |last1=Dearing |first1=Stephanie |title=Development and Aid in Haiti: Looking into the shadows Part I |url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/295141 |access-date=February 12, 2019 |work=Digital Journal |date=July 26, 2010}}</ref> In 2008, an audit by USAID's [[Office of Inspector General, U.S. Agency for International Development|Office of Inspector General]] (OIG) found that the results of Chemonics' $62 million contract in Afghanistan "fell considerably short" of the intended impact,<ref name=Schreiber/> and buildings constructed by subcontractors had significant construction defects.<ref>{{cite web |title=Audit of USAID/Afghanistan's Human Resources and Logistical Support Program |url=https://oig.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2018-06/5-306-10-007-p.pdf |publisher=[[Office of Inspector General, U.S. Agency for International Development]] |date=March 31, 2010 |access-date=February 12, 2019}}</ref> Chemonics said the audit "provided an incomplete picture".<ref name=Schreiber/> | ||