El Salvador: Implementation of Post-War Programs Slower Than Expected
(Letter Report, 01/18/94, GAO/NSIAD-94-10).

Aid provided by the United States and other donors has fallen far short
of the amount needed by El Salvador to move ahead with post-war
reconstruction and reform programs mandated by the 1992 peace agreement.
The Salvadoran government estimates that it needs about $1.83 billion
through 1996 to finance the remaining programs mandated by the peace
agreements, but government and international donors, including the
United States, have committed only $1.15 billion so far--a shortfall of
about $682 million.  Donors have pledged another $197 million in
assistance, but the agreements for this funding have not been finalized
and obtaining more donor pledges is unlikely.  The Salvadoran government
may be able to increase its own contributions however, as
better-than-expected economic growth is forecast over the next several
years.  The development of the National Civilian Police and its academy
has been slow due to insufficient funding.  Although police recruits
from the academy are being deployed, they are undertrained and poorly
equipped.  Land distribution to ex-combatants and landless civilians as
well as the National Reconstruction Plan have been delayed by
disagreements between the government and former opposition forces over
program elements.  These programs have also been plagued by technical
and administrative problems.  The upshot is that only 12 percent of all
planned recipients had received land as of June 1993, and only about $32
million of the $98 million earmarked for the National Reconstruction
Plan has been disbursed.

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 REPORTNUM:  NSIAD-94-10
     TITLE:  El Salvador: Implementation of Post-War Programs Slower 
             Than Expected
      DATE:  01/18/94
   SUBJECT:  International cooperation
             International agreements
             Foreign economic assistance
             Police training
             Federal aid for criminal justice
             Land transfers
             Program management
             International relations
IDENTIFIER:  El Salvador
             National Reconstruction Plan (El Salvador)
             DOJ International Criminal Investigative Training 
             Assistance Program
             
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