Audit of USAIDs Placement of a Regional Office in Cambodia Audit Report No. 5-442-01-003-P June 26,

Audit of USAID’s Placement of a Regional Office in Cambodia Audit Report No. 5-442-01-003-P June 26, 2001 Regional Inspector General/Manila 2626U.S. Agency for INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RIG/Manila 26 June, 2001 MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, USAID/Cambodia, Lisa Chiles FROM: RIG/Manila, Paul Armstrong /s/ SUBJECT: Audit of USAID's Placement of a Regional Office in Cambodia, Report No. 5-442-01-003-P This memorandum is our report on the subject audit. Your response to the draft report is included in Appendix II. This report contains one recommendation for your action. Based on your comments, you have made a management decision regarding the recommendation. Please notify the Office of Management Planning and Innovation (M/MPI) in Washington when final action is completed and request closure of the recommendation. I appreciate the cooperation and courtesies extended by USAID/Cambodia to my staff during the audit. Summary of Results 2 Table of Contents Background 2 Audit Objectives 3 Audit Findings 4 Management Comments and Our Evaluation 10 Appendix I - Scope and Methodology 11 Appendix II - Management Comments 13 Summary of Beginning approximately in September 2000, USAID/Cambodia (the Results Mission) assumed responsibility as the regional support office for activities in the neighboring non-presence countries (NPCs) of Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, and along the Burma border. The Office of the Regional Inspector General, Manila, audited ...