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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=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= | 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> | ||