United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2005-07-11 monographic deposited born digital 39 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-731 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-731 P0b002ee18038d042 f:d05731 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-731 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-731 GAO-05-731 Economic development Economic growth Economic policies Foreign economic assistance Foreign governments Foreign policies International economic relations Program evaluation Program management AID Cash Transfer Program Egypt Other Written Product A29457 Since 1992, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has focused the Cash Transfer Program in Egypt on supporting economic reform activities to move Egypt toward a more liberal and market-oriented economy. USAID has provided funds to Egypt's government as it completed agreed-on economic reform activities. In fiscal year 2002, the Department of State and USAID conducted a review of U.S. economic assistance in Egypt that led USAID to renegotiate the program's terms. USAID and Egypt signed a new agreement in March 2005. GAO's review of the Cash Transfer Program focused on the program's disbursement of funds and Egypt's completion of agreed-on activities, factors affecting the program's influence on Egypt's economic reform, USAID's efforts to evaluate the program's impact, and USAID's changes to the program in response to the 2002 review by the Department of State and USAID. GAO received comments on a draft of this report from USAID. USAID stated that the draft was fair and clear but that Egypt's completion of about 70 percent of the activities resulted from the program's structure rather than shortcomings in Egypt's policy reforms. USAID also stated that extending the target dates for completing reforms increased U.S. influence in accomplishing reforms. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-731/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-731.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-731/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-731.pdf GAO-05-731 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-731 Other Written Product GAO-05-731; Foreign Assistance: USAID's Cash Transfer Program in Egypt Supports Economic Reform Activities, but Various Factors Have Limited Its Influence; Economic development Economic growth Economic policies Foreign economic assistance Foreign governments Foreign policies International economic relations Program evaluation Program management AID Cash Transfer Program Egypt Volume 118 Page 2809 118 Stat. 2809 Public Law 108-447