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VII. Performance Results

For each initiative/program that supports accomplishment of this strategic goal, the most critical FY 2006 performance indicators and targets are shown below.

ANNUAL PERFORMANCE GOAL 1 — Institutions, Laws, and Policies Foster Private Sector-led Economic Growth, Macroeconomic Stability, and Poverty Reduction.

I/P: Growth and Development Strategies

INDICATOR: Progress of Rural Economic Opportunity Expansion in Afghanistan
USAID Seal Outcome
JUSTIFICATION: This indicator measures USAID’s efforts to create jobs and strengthen overall rural growth programs throughout the country.
FY 2006 PERFORMANCE Target
  • 10% increase over the cumulative number of farmers (FY 2005 result) served by extension through USAID assistance.
  • 10% increase over the cumulative number of microfinance loans (FY 2005 result) disbursed to farmers.
Results
  • 25% increase over the cumulative number of farmers (FY 2005 result) served by extension through USAID assistance (cumulative total = 1,015,769).
  • <1% increase over the cumulative number of microfinance loans (FY 2005 result) disbursed to farmers (cumulative total = 28,136).
Rating On Target
Impact As a result of USAID programs, Afghanistan is making significant progress in strengthening its rural economy. This has spurred overall economic growth, created jobs, increased incomes, raised standards of living, and reduced poverty.
PERFORMANCE DATA Data Source Preliminary result data from USAID Afghanistan mission.
Data Quality
(Verification)		 The Agency’s performance data are verified using Data Quality Assessments (DQA), and must meet five data quality standards of validity, integrity, precision, reliability and timeliness. The methodology used for conducting the DQAs must be well documented by each operating unit. (For details, refer to USAID’s Automated Directive System [ADS] Chapter 203.3.5, http://www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/200/203.pdf).
PAST PERFORMANCE 2005
  • 815,769 (cumulative) farmers served by extension through USAID assistance, a 44% increase over FY 2004.
  • 28,118 (cumulative) microfinance loans disbursed to farmers, a 235% increase over the FY 2004 baseline.
2004
  • 567,806 (cumulative) farmers served by extension through USAID assistance, a 468% increase over the FY 2003 baseline.
  • Baseline: 8,400 (cumulative) microfinance loans disbursed totaling $1.26 million.
2003

Baseline:

  • 100,000 (cumulative) farmers served by extension through USAID assistance.

 

I/P: International Organizations and Economic Development Policy and Operational Activities

INDICATOR: Incorporation of Millennium Challenge Account Principles into
UN Resolutions, Programs, and Activities
Department of State seal Outcome
JUSTIFICATION: This indicator was chosen because the language in UN economic development resolutions reflects prevailing policy norms. The types of UN programs and the nature of recipients’ requests for assistance will demonstrate the degree of acceptance of MCA principles.
FY 2006 PERFORMANCE Target
  • U.S.-inspired Economic Freedom Caucus at UN fosters consultation among like-minded nations on economic and development issues in the UN General Assembly and Economic and Social Council.
  • UN resolutions adopted clearly affirming the value of good governance, economic freedom, free and open trade, and competitive markets to development throughout the world.
  • Active program of UN workshops encourages sound economic, aid, and investment policies conducive to market-led economic growth and poverty reduction.
  • UN agencies, funds, and programs mainstream initiatives to follow up on the recommendations of the UN Commission on the Private Sector and Development.
Results UN Development Program has followed up on recommendations of the UN Commission on the Private Sector and Development, including working with major corporations to establish partnerships with small business. Like-minded nations have succeeded in gaining some support for the principles of economic freedom, though the Economic Freedom Caucus has been hindered by a prolonged and contentious debate in the General Assembly on the respective roles and responsibilities of developed and developing countries.
Rating On Target
Impact Many UN Members recognize that good governance, rule of law, and economic freedom play a crucial role in economic development, although there is still some resistance, especially to the idea that the Millennium Challenge Account principles could serve as a guide for designing UN initiatives.
PERFORMANCE DATA Data Source United Nations reports and publications.
Data Quality
(Verification)		 Content of UN reports is reviewed by Department staff in Washington and New York for accuracy. Contents of resolutions are publicly available.
PAST PERFORMANCE 2005 During 2005, the United States sponsored 6 events and participated in 6 others on the MCA, entrepreneurship and poverty reduction, economic freedom, commercial law reform, regulatory reform, women’s property rights, good governance, and other topics at the 60th General Assembly. Language on economic freedom and Millennium Challenge Account principles was incorporated in the UN General Assembly, the UN Economic and Social Council and UN Commission on the Status of Women resolutions. The September 2005 UN Summit Outcome Document reaffirmed the recommendations for policy at the national level on fighting corruption and improving the investment climate for private business.
2004 UN adopted a Ministerial Declaration on Least Developed Countries that laid the foundation for economic freedom language in other UN resolutions, including language on improving the enabling environment for the private sector; promoting the efficiency of markets; and developing financial sectors within transparent regulatory and legal systems.
2003
  • Discussions on UN economic development resources and Monterrey follow-up focused less on developed country obligations towards developing countries and more on developing country responsibilities for their own development, highlighting good governance, economic freedom, and investing in people as means to maximize effective use of resources.
  • UN funds and programs introduced new programs, within their mandates, focused on improving governance, economic policy formulations, sustainable development, public-private partnerships, making health and education systems more accessible, all within framework of enhanced climate to attract private investment and development assistance, including MCA.

 

I/P: United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

INDICATOR: Percentage of Countries Receiving UN Development Program (UNDP) Support
Where Annual Targets Were Fully Achieved
Department of State seal Outcome
JUSTIFICATION: This indicator was chosen because it provides a measure of progress toward achieving goals related to public administration, anti-corruption, conflict prevention, and peace building.
FY 2006 PERFORMANCE Target
  • Public Administration and Anti-Corruption: 68%.
  • Conflict Prevention and Peace Building: 67%.
Results Final 2006 results are not yet available, although UN progress reports indicate steady progress toward the target. UNDP collects data at the end of the calendar year and will publish final results in 2007.
Rating On Target
Impact UNDP contributes toward the Department’s goal of fostering and strengthening stability, development, and economic growth throughout the world, for example, in developing a country’s ability to engage in successful public administration reform and anti-corruption efforts.
PERFORMANCE DATA Data Source UNDP progress and accountability reports submitted to the Department of State.
Data Quality
(Verification)		 The reliability of some reported data has been questioned. The Department of State continues to assist UNDP to improve consistency and reliability of data, and reporting methodology.
PAST PERFORMANCE 2005
  • Public Administration and Anti-Corruption: 95%.
  • Conflict Prevention and Peace Building: 95%.
2004
  • Public Administration and Anti-Corruption: 93%.
  • Conflict Prevention and Peace Building: 90%.
2003
  • Public Administration and Anti-Corruption: 78%.
  • Conflict Prevention and Peace Building: 66%.

 

A Water Revolution Fuels Industry

Photo showing the Control Room at the Water Intake Center in Tirupur, southern India.In Tirupur, a city in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, USAID is providing a $25 million loan guarantee to support a partnership among the Government of Tamil Nadu, a garment exporters association, and an industrial financing service to establish an integrated water distribution system to industry. Since August 2005, 120 million liters per day of high quality water are available to industry at a reasonable price. Tirupur’s garment industry is creating jobs to meet surging global demand. Exports are expected to grow 30 percent in 2006 and projected to reach $2 billion by 2010. Unemployment in Tirupur is rare, and wages are well above Indian averages. Without water delivery, exports would have grown just 10 percent. Tirupur residents are receiving high-quality drinking water every day, instead of waiting up to 10 days for poor quality water, or paying private vendors high prices for water. Many houses will get direct connections for the first time, freeing up time for work and school, and helping prevent disease. With help from USAID, Tirupur has energized water infrastructure finance by showing that private-public partnerships can deliver the goods. Thanks partly to this success, over 30 partnerships similar to Tirupur are in the pipeline throughout India.

The Control Room at the Water Intake Center in Tirupur, southern India.
Photo: USAID/Don Greenberg.

I/P: Private Sector Capacity

INDICATOR: Enterprise Level Competitiveness
USAID Seal Output
JUSTIFICATION: Providing loans and other types of assistance to strengthen enterprise competitiveness and productivity promotes economic expansion and poverty reduction.
FY 2006 PERFORMANCE Target
  • 4,422,386 loans provided as a result of USAID assistance.
  • $3,400,000,000 in loans provided as a result of USAID assistance.
Results
  • 6,682,820 loans provided as a result of USAID assistance, 51% above the FY 2006 target.
  • $4,826,395,165 in loans provided as a result of USAID assistance, 42% above the FY 2006 target.
Rating Above Target
Impact Firms in developing countries typically lack access to credit for expansion through the formal financial system. Providing credit directly or mobilizing bank financing for such firms is critical to achieving economic growth and associated job creation.
PERFORMANCE DATA Data Source Preliminary result data from USAID operating units.
Data Quality
(Verification)		 The Agency’s performance data are verified using Data Quality Assessments (DQA), and must meet five data quality standards of validity, integrity, precision, reliability and timeliness. The methodology used for conducting the DQAs must be well documented by each operating unit. (For details, refer to USAID’s Automated Directive System [ADS] Chapter 203.3.5, http://www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/200/203.pdf).
PAST PERFORMANCE 2005
  • 4,020,351 loans provided as a result of USAID assistance, a 79% increase over FY 2004.
  • $3,054,122,019 in loans provided as a result of USAID assistance, a 278% increase over FY 2004.
2004
  • 2,247,926 loans provided as a result of USAID assistance, a 68% increase over the FY 2003 baseline.
  • $809,037,380 in loans provided as a result of USAID assistance, a 123% increase over the FY 2003 baseline.
2003

Baselines:

  • 1,338,864 loans provided as a result of USAID assistance.
  • $363,054,541 in loans provided as a result of USAID assistance.

 

Building Vocational Skills in Darfur

Photo showing a sewing course in Kalma camp that teaches displaced women how to earn income as seamstresses.In South Darfur, USAID is working to reduce women’s exposure to risk when they venture outside of the camp to gather firewood by supporting classes that will give these women the skills to earn income as seamstresses and allow their families to purchase firewood in local markets. The classes range from two months for basic vocational sewing to four months for skills to maintain and fix sewing machines. Since February 2006, USAID has trained more than 200 women in sewing, maintaining sewing machines, and developing plans for establishing small tailoring businesses. A separate USAID grant provided 30 young men in Krinding camp in West Darfur with two months of vocational training to teach them to produce traditional leather shoes to sell in local markets. The grant provided trainers’ stipends, materials, and enough funds to rehabilitate a training center with local materials.

Sewing courses in Kalma camp teach displaced women how to earn income as seamstresses.
Photo: Baketa Organization.

 

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