INTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION

AUDIT SHOWS THAT ANTICIPATED IMPROVEMENTS IN IPPF OPERATIONS HAVE NOT MATERIALIZED. IMPLEMENTATON OF PAST AUDIT RECOMMENDATIONS - BOTH AID INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL - HAS BEEN LESS THAN SATISFACTORY. IPPF HAS NOT DEMONSTRATED A WILLINGNESS TO CARRY OUT PROGRAM ACTIVITIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOOD MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES AND THE GRANT AGREEMENT. THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND CENTRAL OFFICE OF THE IPPF LACK THE NECESSARY AUTHORITY TO MANAGE AND CONTROL REGIONAL OFFICES AND MEMBER NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS WORLDWIDE TO THE DEGREE NECESSARY TO FULFILL ITS RESPONSIBILITIES TO USAID. IPPF INTERNAL MANAGEMENT-BY-PERSUASION HAS PROVEN INSUFFICIENT TO ACCOMPLISH NEEDED REFORMS. THE NATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATIONS STILL PLAN AND CARRY OUT THEIR PROGRAMS AS THEY GENERALLY SEE FIT AND APPARENTLY DO NOT VIEW THE CENTRAL OFFICE AS CONTROLLING OR MANAGMENT HEADQUATERS. IPPF DOES NOT PERFORM ADEQUATE EVALUATIONS OF PROJECTS. ALTHOUGH ALL 5 POSITIONS IN AN EVALUATION UNIT HAVE BEEN FILLED, ONLY 15 PROJECTS HAVE BEEN EVALUATED AS OF 8/1/74 OUT OF A TOTAL OF OVER 152 PROJECTS. THE IPPF CENTRAL OFFICE DOES NOT RECEIVE REGIONAL AND NATIONAL PROGRAMS IN TIME FOR ADEQUATE REVIEW AND FORMULATION OF A UNIFIED WORK PROGRAM. THE ANNUAL REPORT TO DONORS (PROGRAM PROPOSAL) LACKS ACCURATE AND ADEQUATE PROGRAM DATA. THIS PRECLUDES REALISTIC PLANNING OF PROGRAM FINANCIAL AND COMMODITY REQUIREMENTS. IPPF ALSO LACKS ADEQUATE AUDITING POLICIES AND REPORTING PROCEDURES. SINGIFICANT UNEXPLAINED QUANTITIES OF COMMODITIES MAY HAVE BEEN LOST. PREPARATION OF FIELD GUIDELINES AND MANUALS FOR FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION, SUPPLIES AND PROGRAM EVALUATION HAVE STILL NOT BEEN COMPLETED. REPORT RECOMMENDS THAT USAID SHOULD CONSIDER SUPPORT OF SPECIFIC PROJECTS OR PROGRAMS OF IPPF OR ITS AFFILIATES AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE PRESENT GENERAL BUDGETARY SUPPORT GRANT.