How effective is USAID to Pakistan? FSRN visits tribal areas

Pakistani ground forces moved into South Waziristan today, in what is the beginning of another large attack against Taliban militants.  Pakistan´s army is concluding what they say is a successful campaign against Islamic militants in the Swat valley, but the government must now help over two million people who have been displaced by the fighting.

As in many internal conflicts, instability in Pakistan is fueled by poverty and inequality. And Pakistan receives millions of dollars in USAID to build roads and improve  basic services in impoverished areas and in regions where fighting is taking place.  In 2008, the US government provided 750 million dollars for the development of the federally administered tribal areas, a region known for harboring Taliban insurgents.
But does this aid reach those need it the most?

Nathan Moore reads for FSRN´s Gabe Matthews who traveled around the tribal region to bring us this report.