The government agency in charge of administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is not properly assessing or documenting the fraud risk in allocating the money in countries such as Ukraine, a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report noted.
The report, released on April 30, said that after reviewing USAID’s policy and procedures, the agency—which allocated $26 billion to at least 19 countries experiencing conflict last year—isn’t following its own practices.
