Promoting Gender Equity in National Priority Programs (Promote): USAID Needs to Assess This $216 Million Programs Achievements and the Afghan Government's Ability to Sustain Them
Abstract
In July 2013, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced its $216 million, 5-year Promoting Gender Equity in National Priority Programs (Promote). According to USAID, Promote capitalizes on the previous investment in education for Afghan women and girls. The program's goal is to improve the status of more than 75,000 young women in all levels of society. In 2014, the USAID Mission for Afghanistan (USAID/Afghanistan) awarded three indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts to Chemonics International Inc., Tetra Tech ARD, and Development Alternatives Inc. to implement Promote. Subsequently, the agency awarded the contractors task orders for the program's four components: Women's Leadership Development (WLD), Women in Government (WIG), Women in the Economy (WIE), and Musharikat, which focuses on women in civil society. According to USAID, Promote is the agency's largest single investment to advance women globally. As of April 18, 2018, the agency has disbursed $89.7 million for the program. This audit's objectives were to assess the extent to which (1) USAID measures Promote's progress in meeting its goal of advancing the status of young women in Afghanistan, (2) the program is meeting its performance targets, (3) USAID oversees Promote and its contractors, and (4) the agency has demonstrated that Promote is sustainable.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2018
- Accession Number
- AD1139024
Entities
People
- John Sopko
Organizations
- Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction