Drug Control: U.S. Supported Efforts in Burma, Pakistan, and Thailand
NSIAD-88-94
Published: Feb 26, 1988. Publicly Released: Feb 26, 1988.
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Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO evaluated the Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Matters' (INM), the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA), and the Agency for International Development's (AID) narcotics control efforts in Burma, Thailand, and Pakistan, focusing on: (1) financial and technical assistance for crop control; (2) law enforcement activities; and (3) development assistance.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| Department of State | The Secretary of State should direct INM to seek to develop more specific, quantifiable goals in project agreements and perform the required evaluations, including evaluating the results of development assistance. |
Closed – Implemented
The Department of State has established a new system of quarterly performance and fiscal management reviews. This system includes the establishment of quantifiable project objectives, targets for performance, milestones of activities, and measures of effectiveness.
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| Department of State | The Secretary of State should direct INM to encourage host governments to perform complete and more timely aerial surveys and require more NAU validation of host government eradication results to improve the accuracy of production and eradication statistics. |
Closed – Implemented
INM has established a new project monitoring and reporting system (PMRS) designed to strengthen control over country-specific, project based operations, including surveys and end-use monitoring.
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| Department of State | The Secretary of State and the Administrator, AID, should take steps to ensure that NAU and AID missions work together to make certain that the most effective approach is followed in providing narcotics-related development assistance to Pakistan and Thailand. |
Closed – Implemented
The Department of State concurred with the need for more effective cooperative development efforts. A working group has been established to develop appropriate interagency coordinating mechanisms and to develop appropriate anti-narcotic strategies for the countries included in this report.
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| U.S. Agency for International Development | The Secretary of State and the Administrator, AID, should take steps to ensure that NAU and AID missions work together to make certain that the most effective approach is followed in providing narcotics-related development assistance to Pakistan and Thailand. |
Closed – Implemented
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Agricultural productionControlled substancesDrug traffickingFederal aid to foreign countriesInternational relationsLaw enforcementNarcoticsProgram managementRural economic developmentCrop eradication