Liberia

Need To Improve Accountability and Control Over U.S. Assistance Gao ID: NSIAD-87-173 July 16, 1987

In response to a congressional request, GAO examined U.S. economic, food, and security assistance programs to Liberia since 1980 to determine whether controls over U.S. funds are adequate.

GAO found that: (1) the Economic Support Fund and Food for Peace Programs faced several control problems, including misuse of rice and counterpart funds and Liberia's noncompliance with established assistance agreements; (2) the programs' counterpart funds cannot meet critical development objectives if Liberia does not comply with the agreements; and (3) although there was no evidence of any abuse in the military housing construction program, there was little evidence of systematic controls over contract administration prior to 1985, when Liberia handled contract awards. GAO believes that an effective Agency for International Development (AID) strategy will require Liberia to: (1) improve its accountability; and (2) meet the funding needs of its budget to adequately support development projects.

Recommendations

Our recommendations from this work are listed below with a Contact for more information. Status will change from "In process" to "Open," "Closed - implemented," or "Closed - not implemented" based on our follow up work.

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