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Additional authors

1. United States. Agency for International Development
2. United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs

Description

1. 1 online resource (iii, 47 pages) : color illustrations, color map

Summary

1. In fiscal year 2011, USAID spent approximately $1.7 billion on food assistance reaching over 46 million people in 48 countries. USAID targets food assistance so that benefits accrue selectively to only a portion of the overall population, typically the most vulnerable. Effective targeting is important to maximize the impact of limited resources, especially as USAID begins to use more nutritious but more costly specialized food products to address hunger and malnutrition among vulnerable groups. GAO was asked to (1) describe in-country factors that USAID and its implementing partners face in targeting vulnerable groups, and (2) examine the extent to which USAID's targeting process supports effective targeting. GAO analyzed program data and documents; interviewed relevant officials; convened a roundtable of food assistance experts and practitioners; and conducted fieldwork in Ethiopia, Guatemala, Sri Lanka, and Zimbabwe.

Alternative title

1. Improved targeting would help enable USAID to reach vulnerable groups

Subject

1. United States. Agency for International Development -- Management
2. United States. Agency for International Development
3. Food relief -- Developing countries
4. Food relief
5. Management
6. Developing countries

Call number

1. GPO Internet GA 1.13:GAO-12-862

Language

1. English

Note

1. Title from title caption (viewed on Dec. 31, 2012).
2. "September 2011."
3. "GAO-12-862."

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.

File type (note)

1. Text in PDF format.

System details (note)

1. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
2. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader.

Author

1. United States. Government Accountability Office.

Title

1. International food assistance : improved targeting would help enable USAID to reach vulnerable groups : report to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives.

Imprint

1. [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2012]

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. computer

Type of carrier

1. online resource

System details

1. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
2. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader.

File type

1. Text in PDF format.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Connect to:

1. https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo33147

Added author

1. United States. Agency for International Development.
2. United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Gpo item no.

1. 0546-D (online)

Sudoc no.

1. GA 1.13:GAO-12-862

Research call number

1. GPO Internet GA 1.13:GAO-12-862