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NSIAD-84-44 1 (1984-01-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabejo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Committee On Foreign Affairs House Of Representatives OF THE UNITED STATES Economic Support Fund Assistance To The Philippines In support of tie 1979 Amendment to the Philippines-U S Military Bases Agreement, the United States has provided $S00 million in Economic Support Fund assistance to the Pfjilippines over fiscal years 1980-1984 At the request of thee Committee on Foreign Affairs, GAO reviewed the assistance program and found that problems were encoun- te ed in implementation Problems stemmed, in part, from dulays in designating a Philippine government agency to coordinate the program and from disagreements between tht U S and Philippine governments over how much control the United States should exercise over the aid In June 1983, as a result of a reviewof the Agreement, the United States pledged an additional $475 million in Eco- nomic Support Fund aid over fiscal years 1985-1989 GAO believes that key issues need to be resolved as early as practicable to avoid a repetition of earlier implementation problems These issues include (1) reaching agreement on the purposes and uses of the aid, (2) deciding the type of aid to be provided, and (3) designating the coordinating Philip- pine government agency TI'iis is an unclassified version of an earlier GAO report on tI Is sublect 123282 All IIiIll~~iii 5 D GAO/NSIAD -1 (Co I -A JANUARY 27, 1984