Weakness in Reporting and Coordination of Development Assistance and Lack of Provincial Capacity Pose Risks to U.S. Strategy in Nangarhar Province
Abstract
Enhancing sub-national governance is essential to building the government of Afghanistan's capacity and linking Afghan citizens to their government. The success of the U.S. government's new funding strategy-channeling significantly more development funding through the Afghan government will depend largely on the capacity of provincial administrations to manage development funding to achieve coherent and cohesive development objectives. This report assesses (1) the amount and type of U.S., Afghan, and donor development funding expended in Nangarhar Province; (2) the degree to which U.S. projects are aligned with Nangarhar's development priorities; and (3) the extent to which Nangarhar's provincial administration is prepared to absorb and execute additional development funds. SIGAR conducted this performance audit in Kabul and Nangarhar, Afghanistan, from May to September 2010 in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 26, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA534996
Entities
Organizations
- Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction