Foreign Assistance: U.S. Use of Conditions To Achieve Economic Reforms

GAO discussed the conditions the Agency for International Development (AID) set as part of its Economic Support Fund (ESF) balance-of-payments assistance to Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Liberia, focusing on whether the: (1) countries complied with the conditions and what factors affected their compliance; and (2) United States can achieve its objectives in these countries through compliance with the conditions.