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Food Aid: Management Improvements Are Needed to Achieve Program Objectives

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date July 23, 1993
Report No. NSIAD-93-168
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Summary:

The Agricultural Development and Trade Act of 1990 gives the Agency for International Development (AID) responsibility for managing agricultural commodity assistance to foreign countries. This report evaluates two programs run by AID--the Emergency and Private Assistance Program and Food for Development Program. GAO reviews (1) the uses of commodities provided under titles II and III of the act and local currencies generated by the sale of commodities; (2) the impact of the assistance on enhancing food security; and (3) AID's management of the programs, particularly in safeguarding financial resources generated under the programs.

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