Promoting efforts leading to “sustainable economic growth”—and the promotion of such growth by developing “a dynamic and innovative financial services sector”—were among the top goals of a new initiative that the Obama Administration had sought to launch last month.
That initiative, however, was not slated to take place on Wall Street. Rather, this latest brainchild of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) was intended to commence in and around the Pakistani city of Islamabad, U.S. Trade & Aid Monitor (T-RAM) has discovered. Unfortunately for potential candidates of the position—who stood to earn an annual salary in the $100,000-$130,000 range—USAID today (April 12) without reason cancelled its search for applicants.
It remains unclear whether the eliminated position is related to recent developments in the federal budget battle, in which the White House agreed to slash $38.5 billion from the proposed fiscal-year 2011 budget. Meanwhile, as the Washington Post today reported, liberal supporters of Obama are threatening to withhold support for the President's reelection efforts if his focus continues to shift from unemployment to deficit reduction.
Specific to the USAID/Pakistan endeavor, “Any questions on this solicitation [#391-11-031] may be directed to Leila Alikadic, Human Resources Manager, Phone (in Pakistan) 92-51-208-2841; fax 92-51-287-0310,” the updated solicitation says. The original, primary point of contact for the position had been Rizwana H. Khan, Human Resources Specialist, hrislamabad@usaid.gov, Phone: 92-51-208-2793, Fax: 92-51-287-0310.
No further information is available.
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