Afghanistan development : enhancements to performance management and evaluation efforts could improve USAID's agricultural programs : report to Congressional addressees.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Agency for International Development--Evaluation.

United States.

United States. Agency for International Development.

Agricultural assistance, American--Afghanistan--Evaluation.

Agricultural assistance, American.

Agricultural assistance, American--Evaluation.

Evaluation.

Afghanistan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iv, 70 pages) : color illustrations, color maps + supplement (10 pages : color illustrations, color maps)

Other Title:

Enhancements to performance management and evaluation efforts could improve USAID's agricultural programs

Afghanistan development : poverty and major crop production (GAO-10-756SP), an E-supplement to GAO-10-368.

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2010]

Summary:

Eighty percent of Afghans are dependent on agriculture for their livelihoods. Agricultural assistance is a key U.S. contribution to Afghanistan's reconstruction efforts. Since 2002, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded about $1.4 billion for agricultural programs to increase agricultural productivity, accelerate economic growth, and eliminate illicit drug cultivation. This report (1) describes the change in U.S. focus on agricultural assistance since 2002, (2) assesses USAID's performance management and evaluation of its agricultural programs, (3) analyzes the extent to which certain programs met targets, and (4) addresses efforts to mitigate implementation challenges. GAO reviewed USAID documents; analyzed program data; and interviewed program implementers and USAID officials in Washington, D.C., and Afghanistan. GAO has prepared this report as part of its ongoing efforts to monitor key aspects of U.S. efforts in Afghanistan.

Contents:

Background

U.S. agricultural strategy changing focus to support counterinsurgency priorities

Gaps exist in USAID's efforts to plan, monitor, and evaluate agricultural programs in Afghanistan

Several agricultural programs did not achieve or establish targets

USAID faces several challenges in implementing and overseeing agricultural programs in Afghanistan

Conclusions.

Notes:

Title from PDF title page (GAO, viewed on July 19, 2010).

"July 2010."

Supplement has title: Afghanistan development : poverty and major crop production (GAO-10-756SP), an E-supplement to GAO-10-368.

Includes bibliographical references.

"GAO-10-368."

OCLC:

648759317