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    Watchdog pushes Power to get key USAID food program on track

    The U.S. Agency for International Development has failed to implement recommendations made by GAO to improve the agency’s ability to gauge the progress of Feed the Future, the U.S. government’s flagship food security initiative.

    By Teresa Welsh // 19 May 2023

    The U.S. Agency for International Development has failed to implement recommendations made by the Government Accountability Office to improve the agency’s ability to assess progress on the U.S. government’s flagship food security initiative, the congressional watchdog said.

    GAO wrote to USAID Administrator Samantha Power last week asking for her “personal attention” to recommendations it originally made in August 2021. These include measurable performance goals so the agency can assess its progress on achieving Feed the Future’s objectives, along with program-wide targets for performance indicators.

    “USAID didn't implement any recommendations we identified as a priority last year,” GAO wrote on its website, noting that it first identified them to USAID as priorities in May 2022.

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      Teresa Welsh is a Senior Reporter at Devex. She has reported from more than 10 countries and is currently based in Washington, D.C. Her coverage focuses on Latin America; U.S. foreign assistance policy; fragile states; food systems and nutrition; and refugees and migration. Prior to joining Devex, Teresa worked at McClatchy's Washington Bureau and covered foreign affairs for U.S. News and World Report. She was a reporter in Colombia, where she previously lived teaching English. Teresa earned bachelor of arts degrees in journalism and Latin American studies from the University of Wisconsin.

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