Foreign Assistance : Usaid's Operating Expense Account Does Not Fully Reflect the Cost of Delivering Foreign Assistance

By Ford, Jess T.

Book Id: WPLBN0000117206
Format Type: PDF eBook
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Foreign Assistance : Usaid's Operating Expense Account Does Not Fully Reflect the Cost of Delivering Foreign Assistance
Author:	Ford, Jess T.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Accountability in government, United States. General Accounting Office
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Government Accountability Integrity Reliability Office Collection
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Publisher:	United States General Accounting Office (Gao)


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Government Accountability Integrity Reliability Office Collection

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Excerpt: Humanitarian and economic development assistance has long been an important component of U.S. global security strategy. Since 1962, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has managed more than $273 billion in such assistance. In fiscal year 2003, USAID estimates that it will obligate about $13 billion for assistance programs in almost 160 countries. In recent years, demands on USAID?s budget and workforce have increased as the agency strives to meet emerging requirements, such as reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq and increased funding for health programs. However, USAID officials have expressed concern that funds provided for its administrative or operating expenses have not kept pace with the agency?s requirements.