Audit of the follow up on recommendations from audit report no. 9-527-96-007 on USAID/Peru"s management of non-emergency Title II food aid programs

A September 1996 audit review of USAID/Peru"s Title II food aid program included 41 recommendations, all having final actions subsequently completed by the Mission. The present audit reviews the status of seven of these recommendations, which are essential to (1) Mission Title II food distribution controls and (2) Mission Title II results reporting. The follow-up audit finds that, for four recommendations, the Mission has continued to take effective corrective actions that justify the closure of these recommendations, which deal with program monitoring and supervision, transport logistics, and cooperating sponsor information systems. However, for three recommendations, the Mission still has to take effective corrective actions that would justify their closure. These recommendations require the Mission to: (1) establish a plan on the minimum cycle of supervisory visit coverage by its own staff, (2) ensure that the cooperating sponsors have effective procedures to check the reliability of reported results, and (3) verify results information reported by the cooperating sponsors. The Mission agreed with the audit and is planning to implement all three recommendations.