International emergency food aid : prepositioning and procurement by the U.S. / Jonathan Meyers, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Meyers, Jonathan, editor.

Series:

Government procedures and operations.

Government Procedures and Operations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food relief, American--Developing countries.

Food relief, American.

Food supply--Government policy--United States.

Food supply.

Humanitarian assistance, American--Developing countries.

Humanitarian assistance, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (121 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) reduces the average delivery time frame for emergency food aid by prepositioning food domestically- that is, in warehouses in the United States-and overseas. This book examines the effects of prepositioning on emergency food aid delivery time frames; the effects of prepositioning on the costs of the food aid; and the extent to which the agency monitors prepositioning to maximize time savings and cost effectiveness.

Contents:

INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY FOOD AID: PREPOSITIONING AND PROCUREMENT BY THE U.S.; INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY FOOD AID: PREPOSITIONING AND PROCUREMENT BY THE U.S.; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: INTERNATIONAL FOOD AID: PREPOSITIONING SPEEDS DELIVERY OF EMERGENCY AID, BUT ADDITIONAL MONITORING OF TIME FRAMES AND COSTS IS NEEDED; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; WHAT GAO FOUND; ABBREVIATIONS; BACKGROUND; USAID'S PREPOSITIONING OF EMERGENCY FOOD AID SHORTENS DELIVERY TIME FRAMES; PREPOSITIONING EMERGENCY FOOD AID INVOLVES ADDITIONAL COSTS

USAID DOES NOT SYSTEMATICALLY MONITOR PREPOSITIONING TO MAXIMIZE TIME SAVINGS AND COST EFFECTIVENESSCONCLUSION; RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION; AGENCY COMMENTS; APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY; APPENDIX II: DELIVERY TIME FRAMES REGRESSION ANALYSIS; APPENDIX III: EXAMPLES OF ADDITIONAL OCEAN SHIPPING COSTS FOR OVERSEAS PREPOSITIONING; APPENDIX IV: ANALYSIS OF WEIGHTED ANNUALAVERAGE PRICES FOR DOMESTIC AND OVERSEASPREPOSITIONED COMMODITIES; Chapter 2: AUDIT OF USAID'S INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER PREPOSITIONED FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR THE HORN OF AFRICA; ABBREVIATIONS

SUMMARY OF RESULTSAUDIT FINDINGS; EVALUATION OF MANAGEMENT COMMENTS; APPENDIX I. SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY; APPENDIX II.MANAGEMENT COMMENTS; CONCLUSION; Chapter 3: INTERNATIONAL FOOD AID: BETTER AGENCY COLLABORATION NEEDED TO ASSESS AND IMPROVE EMERGENCY FOOD AID PROCUREMENT SYSTEM; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; WHAT GAO FOUND; ABBREVIATIONS; BACKGROUND; USDA AND USAID DISAGREE ON WBSCM'SUSEFULNESS IN MANAGING THE INTERNATIONALEMERGENCY FOOD AID PROCUREMENT PROCESS

USAID'S USE OF OTHER SYSTEMS HINDERS USDA'SABILITY TO PREPARE ACCURATE REPORTS ANDEFFICIENTLY FILE CLAIMS AGAINST OCEAN CARRIERSTO RECOVER GOVERNMENT FUNDSUSDA AND USAID HAVE NOT RESOLVED THEIRDISAGREEMENT ABOUT WBSCM, BUT PLANNED SYSTEMUPGRADES PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATEMORE EFFECTIVELY; CONCLUSION; RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION; AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION; APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 30, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63482-260-9