Foreign Assistance: USAID Faces Challenges Implementing Regional Program in Southern Africa.
Abstract
To support U.S. strategic and economic interests in southern Africa and recognizing that many of the problems facing the countries of the region transcend national boundaries, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) created the Initiative for Southern Africa in 1994. The initiative is designed to address problems from a regional rather than a country perspective and to identify solutions that go beyond what can be done by any one country The Initiative for Southern Africa is implemented by USAID's Regional Center for Southern Africa. Programs under the initiative are carried out with African partners, primarily the Southern Africa Development Community The Initiative for Southern Africa has three strategic objectives: (1) to promote an integrated regional market, (2) to accelerate adoption of sustainable agriculture and natural resource management approaches, and (3) to strengthen indigenous southern African organizations to promote democratic values and institutions in the region. You expressed concern about the efficacy of the initiative to address the problems facing countries in the region.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA369670
Entities
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office