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We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporation amend its compact development policy to identify the requisite studies that will be completed prior to compact signing.

We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporation monitor the Government of Tanzania's progress toward meeting the milestones that the Millennium Challenge Corporation has outlined for funding the budget shortfall, document decisions made during this process, and report to the Office of Inspector General regarding the Government's efforts.

We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporation strengthen its occupational health and safety policy by (a) adopting international best practices, (b) providing guidance to Millennium Challenge Accounts on implementing the policy, (c) developing standards for contractors' Health and Safety Management Plans, and (d) establishing worker safety and livelihood reporting requirements for the Millennium Challenge Corporation's independent engineers.

USAID/Zambia develop and distribute a plan or guidance to help ensure that its HIV/AIDS programming systematically addresses PEPFAR's gender-related goals.

USAID/Zambia establish roles and responsibilities for a mission gender focal point with input on all the mission's HIV/AIDS activities, and appoint an individual to the position.

USAID/Zambia set a deadline by which the Zambia Prevention, Care and Treatment Partnership II gender strategy must be approved and launched by partners, and develop a plan to meet the deadline.

USAID/Zambia require its contractor to amend the Zambia Prevention, Care and Treatment Partnership II monitoring and evaluation work plan to include a requirement to report on indicators for male involvement in prevention of mother-to-child transmission and the promotion and strengthening of couples-oriented counseling and testing.

USAID/Zambia require its contractor to disaggregate gender-relevant indicator results in the Zambia Prevention, Care and Treatment Partnership II program's periodic performance reporting.

USAID/Zambia request that its implementing partner perform a gender analysis that includes a timeline for the development and implementation of a strategy to incorporate gender into activities performed under the Local Partners Capacity Building Program.

Director for the Office of Infrastructure and Engineering in the Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade develop and conduct training to inform staff about their responsibilities relating to mandatory project planning requirements.

After the current construction season, USAID/Afghanistan obtain a revised implementation plan from the International Organization for Migration identifying revised completion dates for all structures, recovery actions to increase the speed of construction, potential barriers to timely completion of construction, and actions that could be taken to mitigate delays.

USAID/Afghanistan extend its agreement with the International Organization for Migration to ensure that the warranty period for all completed structures falls within the agreement period.

USAID/Afghanistan review the eligibility of the cost of the prayer buildings and prayer rooms included in the provincial teacher training centers and recover any costs found to be unallowable.

USAID/Afghanistan review the eligibility of the cost of the prayer buildings and prayer rooms included in the provincial teacher training centers and recover any costs found to be unallowable.

USAID/Afghanistan include in technical representatives' designation letters a reminder of USAID's policy on funding religious activities.

USAID/Afghanistan develop a process for releasing completed designs.

USAID/Afghanistan obtain evidence that the International Organization for Migration has standardized its quality control procedures at all construction sites.

USAID/Afghanistan obtain evidence that the International Organization for Migration has updated its quality control manual to include all tests performed and acceptance criteria used for quality control.

USAID/Afghanistan develop and implement a process whereby the agreement officer's technical representatives verify and review quality control tests.

USAID/Afghanistan, after preparing an analysis of the Government of Afghanistan's ability to fund maintenance for the structures turned over under the program, (1) determine the need for a separate operation and maintenance program and (2) revise as appropriate the 611 (e) certification previously prepared for the Construction of Health and Education Facilities Program.

USAID/Afghanistan complete the environmental assessments required by Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 216, "Environmental Procedures."

USAID/Afghanistan provide adequate supervision to reasonably ensure compliance with USAID's environmental procedures.

The mission direct the International Organization for Migration to submit a formal marking plan as required by the agreement.

On receipt of the International Organization for Migration's plan, the mission determine the adequacy of the plan.

USAID/Afghanistan identify and recover the unallowable costs billed to the mission for the use of off-duty Afghan National Police officers.

USAID/Afghanistan, after identifying all the clinics built under the Schools and Clinics Construction and Refurbishment Program that may have design flaw that creates a fire hazard, notify the Ministry of Public Health of the potential danger and provide a remedy for the design flaw.

USAID/West Bank and Gaza strengthen Technical and Vocational Education and Training Program results reporting to ensure that indicators are effective in measuring goal achievements and that baseline data are collected to measure impact.

USAID/West Bank and Gaza provide guidance to agreement/contracting officer's technical representatives and partners to establish improved standards for acceptance of work plans and reports, as well as developing guides for preparing written documents.

USAID/West Bank and Gaza complete a performance management plan that includes detailed definitions of all Technical and Vocational Education and Training Program indicators.

USAID/West Bank and Gaza verify and correct any errors in the reported results data for the Technical and Vocational Education and Training Program.

USAID/West Bank and Gaza revise Mission Order 21 to include provisions to report violations of the mission's antiterrorism requirements to the mission director and the Regional Inspector General/Cairo.

USAID/West Bank and Gaza determine the allowability of $16,063 for lease costs charged by Save the Children to USAID/West Bank and Gaza under cooperative agreement no. 294-A-00-07-00210-00 for payments to entities that were not vetted prior to signing the lease subcontracts and collect from Save the Children any amount determined to be unallowable.

USAID/West Bank and Gaza develop a plan with milestones to prioritize Technical and Vocational Education and Training Program activities to maximize the impact of the program during its last year, to include implementing safety measures as soon as possible and providing for the sustainability of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training League.

USAID/West Bank and Gaza develop and implement quality standards for accepting implementation plans and policies for suspension of payments to awardees without approved implementation plans.

USAID/West Bank and Gaza require Save the Children to obtain gender strategies, including gender targets, from each of the benefiting Technical and Vocational Education and Training institutions.

USAID/West Bank and Gaza provide guidance to its staff to reemphasize the requirements of Automated Directives System 201 to implement a gender strategy in all of its activities.

USAID/Ghana work with Management Sciences for Health to establish a tool to follow up on recommendations made by the technical experts that the program consulted.

USAID/Ghana establish a policy to obtain, review, and provide feedback on quarterly progress reports that Management Sciences for Health already submits to its home office.

USAID/Ghana require Management Sciences for Health to obtain the mission's written approval for changes to the work plan.

USAID/Ghana work with Management Sciences for Health to determine which activities in the work plan are necessary to complete, and develop a plan to complete them.

USAID/Ghana and Management Sciences for Health establish a plan to improve the accuracy of data reported on standard indicators.

USAID/Ghana seek guidance from USAID/Washington on reporting indicator data that lags reporting deadlines.

USAID/Afghanistan develop and implement an action plan to address the performance issues with the bank supervision and examination assistance provided to the Afghanistan Central Bank by Deloitte.

USAID/Afghanistan arrange for more robust assistance to the Afghanistan Central Bank in bank supervision and examination, including onsite examination assistance and fraud detection training.

USAID/Afghanistan implement a written policy clarifying the responsibilities of USAID contractors and grantees to report on indications of fraud in host-country institutions or other matters that could reasonably be expected to be of foreign policy interest to the U.S. Government.

USAID/Afghanistan correct the deficiencies in its management of its bank supervision and assistance activities.

USAID/Afghanistan disseminate the best practices described above to its implementing partners to minimize cash transactions.

USAID/Yemen seek the approval and ratification of any changes to its projects from the agreement office and legal advisor, and obtain the proper approvals before revising Basic Education Support and Training Project plans.

USAID/Yemen submit planned replacement needs to and request disposition instructions from the agreement officer for USAID-financed equipment in excess of $5,000 for which the recipient has no need.

USAID/Yemen require its implementer to provide a list of its proposed or pending subawards and contracting out of any work under the Basic Education Support and Training Project before the implementer hires a subcontractor to begin work.

USAID/Yemen notify the agreement officer in writing of its proposed or pending subawards and contracting out of any work under the Basic Education Support and Training Project before the implementer hires a subcontractor to begin work.

USAID/Yemen request source origin waivers through the mission director or appropriate USAID agreement officer for Basic Education Support and Training Project goods and services when needed.

USAID/Yemen provide documented procedures on USAID's antiterrorism measures to its implementers and establish and implement a schedule to periodically verify that procedures are followed.

USAID/Yemen develop an annual training plan for its agreement officer's technical representatives and document annual course completion.

USAID/Yemen develop and implement a plan with steps to ensure that implementers meet reporting requirements listed in Initial Environmental Examinations and any other environmental documentation.

USAID/Yemen develop procedures on environmental compliance that outlines roles, responsibilities, and expectations.

USAID/Yemen require that techical officers receive environmental compliance training.

USAID/Namibia, in conjunction with U.S. Government agencies, the Namibian Government, and civil society, establish and implement a plan to transfer strategic and financial responsibilities for human resources for health activities to the host government or civil society.

USAID/Namibia establish baselines and develop indicators and targets to measure the progress and achievement of its human resources for health activities, and include the measures in its performance management plan.