State Departments Good Performers Initiative: Status of Six Completed Projects in Takhar Province
Abstract
I am writing to inform you of the results of site visits conducted by SIGAR at six Good Performers Initiative (GPI) infrastructure projects in Takhar province, Afghanistan, which were funded by the State Departments Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL). GPI provided direct assistance to the Afghan Ministry of Counter Narcotics and off-budget funding to incentivize provincial governors' counter narcotics activities. The GPI program was intended to offer Afghan provincial governors a tangible way of demonstrating to their constituents the benefits of reducing poppy cultivation. The six projects examined in this report were completed at a cost of about $2.7 million. We conducted the site visits as part of our ongoing effort to verify the location and operating conditions of facilities built, refurbished, or funded by the United States as part of the reconstruction effort in Afghanistan. We found that INL's reported geospatial coordinates for the six projects were each within one kilometer from the actual project location. Additionally, we found that the two hostel building projects had missing and broken furniture, a general lack of facility maintenance and sanitation, and nonoperational dining facilities. Our site visits to the four other projects determined that, despite problems, such as a lack of clean water or well-maintained toilets, each was functioning and fulfilling its intended purpose. We provided a draft of this report to INL for comment on September 24, 2018. INL provided comments on October 11, 2018. INL stated it respects SIGAR's role in safeguarding U.S. taxpayer investments.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2018
- Accession Number
- AD1139228
Entities
People
- John Sopko
- Nomi Taslitt
Organizations
- Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction