Audit of USAID/Afghanistan's Land Titling and Economic Restructuring in Afghanistan Project. Audit Report No. 5-306-09-004-P

摘要

The Government of Afghanistan is committed to reducing poverty and increasing economic growth in the private sector, as reflected in its National Development Strategy and as part of the larger goal of achieving a prosperous and stable Afghanistan. Two primary constraints impede the Governments efforts: (1) limited or ambiguous rights to land, and (2) state ownership of under-utilized or unutilized enterprises. To assist the Government of Afghanistan in addressing these conditions, USAID/Afghanistan designed the Land Titling and Economic Restructuring in Afghanistan Project (the project) and, to implement it, awarded a 3-year $29.2 million contract in 2004 to Emerging Markets Group, Limited (the contractor), under USAIDs Support for Economic Growth and Institutional Reform Privatization II Indefinite Quantity Contract. In October 2007, USAID/Afghanistan extended the project for 2 more years, through October 2009, and increased the total estimated cost to $56.3 million.