Word: usaid
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...government’s case hinges on allegations Shleifer and Hay broke agreements Harvard made with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) that funded a University-run economic reform program in Russia in the mid-1990s...
Shleifer was project director for the program run out of the now-defunct Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID). Together with Hay, Shleifer advised the Russian government on the privatization of their economy. USAID provided the project with $50 million in funding...
...government sued alleging that, while not criminal, Shleifer and Hay’s actions violated the conflict of interest restrictions contained in Harvard’s contract with USAID...
...their motion for summary judgment, Shleifer’s lawyers argue the economics professor was a consultant to, not an employee of, HIID. As a result, they argue, Shleifer was not covered by language in the USAID policy that banned investments by employees in their host countries...
...married to, his girlfriend at the time, was the primary owner of the Pallada Mutual Fund Management Company—the first fund registered to sell to the Russian public. Through HIID, Hay oversaw such registrations. None of these transactions, the US says, were disclosed to USAID...