CERP funding at work in OEF

[jcustis]

I'm not certain whether details regarding CERP that I am familiar with from Iraq are the same for Afghanistan, my next deployment location.

If there are peculiar differences, can anyone point out a reference to said changes? The most recent snippets I could find on the net are from GAO reviews either mid 2008 or very earlier this year, so a current sitrep would be much appreciated.

[MikeF]

I'm not certain whether details regarding CERP that I am familiar with from Iraq are the same for Afghanistan, my next deployment location.

If there are peculiar differences, can anyone point out a reference to said changes? The most recent snippets I could find on the net are from GAO reviews either mid 2008 or very earlier this year, so a current sitrep would be much appreciated.

We gotta relook the whole thing.

Grants v/s loans.

Giving away money versus providing loans to the poor.

Mike

[Strickland]

Can anyone point me in the direction of a study/analysis of the efficacy of CERP spending in OIF or OEF?

[Jslade0]

I'm a CERP guy in theater right now. I never deployed to Iraq though.

[Cavguy]

Get the latest MAAWS handbook, should be available via AKO or one of the BCKS forums. BLUF, everything - I mean everything, is harder in Afghanistan. Mechanically though, the program is the same (FOO/PA requirements), only the implementation of policy varies.