U.S. Economic Assistance Program for Egypt Poses a Management Challenge for AID (Agency for International Development)

摘要

The United States has provided Egypt with $7.3 billion in Economic Support Fund assistance since 1974. This high level of funding has been provided to help maintain peace and stability in the Middle East--the political objective of the program. A longer term supportive objective has been to help Egypt strengthen its economy. AID's progress toward this second objective has been limited by the program's political nature. GAO recognizes that AID must work within the constraints of the Egypt program's political nature but believes certain actions can be taken to help determine how best to achieve economic development goals in view of the program's political objective. To do this, GAO believes that AID should (1) gain more in-depth knowledge of Egypt's development sectors and the economic policies that affect these sectors and (2) assess Egypt's development efforts undertaken in response to the provision of cash payments.