Audit Report 7-688-03-001-p

Audit of USAID/Mali’s Self-Help Program 7-688-03-001-P February 28, 2003 Dakar, Senegal February 28, 2003 MEMORANDUM FOR: Pamela White, Director, USAID/Mali FROM: Lee Jewell III, RIG/Dakar /s/ SUBJECT: Audit of USAID/Mali’s Self-Help Program (Report No. 7-688-03-001-P) This memorandum is our final report on the subject audit. In finalizing this report, we considered your comments on our draft report and have included this response as Appendix II. In your response to our draft report, you concurred with each of the seven recommendations and the potential monetary savings of $72,848. Based on appropriate action taken by the Mission, management decisions have been reached, and recommendations 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 are considered closed upon issuance of this report. Please coordinate final action for recommendation no. 2 with the USAID Office of Management Planning and Innovation, Management Innovation and Control Division (M/MPI/MIC). In accordance with USAID guidance, M/MPI/MIC is responsible for determining when final action has occurred. I appreciate the cooperation and courtesies extended to my staff during the audit. 1 (This page intentionally left blank) 2Table of Summary of Results 5 Contents Background 6 Audit Objective 7 Audit Findings 7 Did USAID/Mali administer, obligate, and deobligate the funding of its self-help activities in accordance with USAID guidelines? 7 Annual Section 1311 Reviews Not Performed 8 Full ...