USAID's Blockchain Gamble: Smart Upgrade or Bureaucratic Black Hole?
Even USAID—an agency frequently identified with boots-on-the-ground humanitarian assistance—is flirting with blockchain. In particular, the U.S. International Humanitarian Assistance (IHA) has indicated a desire to use it to facilitate internal procurement. The promise is alluring: increased transparency, efficiency, and tamper-proof record-keeping. Picture this—they want a system similar to Amazon’s QLDB,...