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Foreign Disaster Assistance: AID Has Been Responsive but Improvements Can Be Made

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Oct. 26, 1992
Report No. NSIAD-93-21
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Summary:

When disasters strike other countries, the United States traditionally provides most of its assistance through the Agency for International Development's (AID) Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA). This report (1) assesses OFDA's responsiveness to overseas disasters, including the agency's interaction with the United Nations and other nongovernmental organizations; (2) evaluates AID's budget procedures for disaster assistance from 1981 to 1990; (3) reviews AID's policy on responding to long-term or ongoing disasters; and (4) evaluates whether OFDA provides even-handed disaster assistance.

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