Audit of USAID/Rwanda's Distribution of P.L. 480 Title II Nonemergency Assistance in Support of Its Direct Food Aid Distribution Program; Audit rept

摘要

The Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, also known as Public Law 480 (P.L. 480), is the primary basis for the Food for Peace Program and the principal mechanism through which the U.S. Government implements its international food assistance initiatives. Under Title II of the P.L. 480 program managed by USAID the U.S. Government donates agricultural commodities to support emergency and nonemergency programs. In some cases, direct relief, emergency feeding, and disaster assistance programs distribute food to individuals. In other cases, food is combined with other program elements and targeted to certain beneficiary groups in maternal-child health, school feeding, and food-for-work programs. P.L. 480 commodities are also imported and sold on the local market (monetized), providing an additional supply of food locally and generating local currency, which is then used to support local development.