AUDIT OF USAID AFGHANISTAN’S PRIMARY EDUCATION PROGRAM

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT OF USAID/AFGHANISTAN’S PRIMARY EDUCATION PROGRAM AUDIT REPORT NO. 5-306-05-005-P APRIL 14, 2005 MANILA, PHILIPPINES Office of Inspector General April 14, 2005 MEMORANDUM TO: USAID/Afghanistan Director, Patrick Fine FROM: RIG/Manila, John M. Phee /s/ SUBJECT: Audit of USAID/Afghanistan’s Primary Education Program (Report No. 5-306-05-005-P) This memorandum transmits our final report on the subject audit. In finalizing the report, we considered your comments to the draft report and included the comments in their entirety as Appendix II. This report contains four recommendations to improve USAID/Afghanistan’s Primary Education Program. Based on your comments, management decisions have been reached on all four recommendations. USAID/Afghanistan should coordinate final actions on these recommendations with USAID’s Office of Management Planning and Innovation. I want to thank you and your staff for the cooperation and courtesy extended to us during the audit. U.S. Agency for International Development thPNB Financial Center, 8 Floor Roxas Blvd, 1308 Pasay City Manila, Philippines www.usaid.gov CONTENTS Summary of Results ......................................................................................................... 1 Background ....................................................... ...