Iraq Economic Development: USAID/Iraq Addressed Compliance Issues but Failed to Monitor Progress Toward Program Goals

Develop and implement mechanisms to verify that USAID/Iraq personnel responsible for monitoring the Business Competitiveness and Jobs Creation Initiative ensure that the contractor complies with the contract terms to report results on all the Initiative's performance indicators.

Conduct and document a determination on the extent to which USAID/Iraq's third-party monitor can be used to enhance performance outcome monitoring of the Business Competitiveness and Jobs Creation Initiative, to include reviewing progress toward indicator targets and results, and act, as needed, to implement alternative monitoring mechanisms based on the results.