USAID OIG Afghanistan and Pakistan Oversight Report, April-June ...

This field was cultivated under USAID’s Agricultural Recovery Project in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.(Photo by USAID/Pakistan, March 2011)Pakistan Oversight Program and ActivitiesUSAID OIG provides oversight of USAID activities in Pakistan through rigorous audit andinvestigative work and extensive outreach and coordination.To execute this program as effectively as possible, OIG has expanded its presence in Pakistan inrecent years. In the past, OIG provided oversight remotely using personnel based in Washington,D.C., and our regional office in the Philippines. In 2009, we established a permanent, on-thegroundpresence in Islamabad. As of June 30, 2012, OIG’s Pakistan Country Office had 14permanent staff supplemented by a staff member on temporary duty.OIG spent approximately $9.7 million to provide oversight for Pakistan from FY 2003 through thethird quarter of FY 2012. USAID OIG oversight activities there during the same period produced$128.5 million in returns to the U.S. Government.The U.S. Government reopened the USAID mission in Islamabad in 2002. From FY 2002 throughthe third quarter of FY 2012, USAID provided approximately $5.9 billion to address needs ineducation, health, economic growth, and good governance and to help with reconstruction andrecovery after earthquakes, floods, and armed conflict.16 USAID OIG Afghanistan and Pakistan Oversight Report