SAHEL REGIONAL PROGRAM

	FY 1998 Actual	FY 1999 Estimate	FY 2000 Request
Development Assistance	$5,401,000	$5,950,000	---
Development Fund for Africa	---	---	$6,750,000
Child Survival and Disease	$668,000	---	$200,000

Introduction.

The Sahel Regional Program supports U.S. interests in improving living standards for the poor by increasing food security, thereby reducing the need for costly emergency assistance programs; by promoting political stability; and by encouraging market-oriented development. The Sahel Regional Program complements USAID's bilateral programs in West Africa by supporting intraregional dialogue to improve regional cooperation and foster economic growth, democratization, poverty reduction and increased food security. These regional efforts are beyond the scope of bilateral programs but vital to sustainable economic and social progress in the region. Given the small size and interdependence of the national economies in the region, the critical development problems of protecting the environment, increasing agricultural productivity, managing population growth, and fostering market development can only be resolved by taking a regional approach. These regional efforts in the face of reduced bilateral presence are modest, but are vital to continued movement away from drought vulnerability and toward sustainable economic and social progress in the region.

The Development Challenge.

The 52 million people in the nine Sahelian countries (Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal) are among the poorest and least food secure in the world. The region is marked by high rates of deforestation, soil degradation, erosion and population growth, and by weak political and private sector institutions. These fragile institutions can only be maintained and strengthened by establishing and maintaining sustainable, broad-based economic growth and more participatory and democratic institutions, where progress to date has been mixed. The 1998 political upheaval in Guinea-Bissau is one example of a setback in democracy which has jeopardized the country's food security outlook for 1999.

There is reason for optimism, however. Governments in the region established the Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) in 1973, an intergovernmental organization which was created to increase coordination among CILSS states. CILSS is credited with helping to avert famine in the Sahel. Jointly, CILSS and the donors have established one of the best early warning/monitoring systems in Africa. More recently CILSS has provided technical support to its member states to help them prepare national action plans to support the Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD), and it has led the preparation of a sub-regional action plan. It is now embarked on a natural resource monitoring system under the CCD for West Africa. Finally, there is a growing emphasis in the region on private sector development and on greater participation at all levels of civil society. In this regard, CILSS initiated broad-based dialogue with Sahelian civil society to help it insure that its 1999-2001 work plan reflects the priorities and the vision of individuals and private and public sector institutions in the region. The challenge now is to deepen this collaboration to identify and implement programs to achieve the Sahelian vision of a federated, democratic, peaceful Sahel with sustainable growth and improved natural resource management, all in a regional context. The program also supports coordination among CILSS and the donors, for which the Club du Sahel (Club) was created in 1976. The Club serves as a forum for discussing development issues with Sahelian state and civil society partners, and as a coordination mechanism.

Other Donors.

Donor flows to CILSS are comprised of both direct financial support, and indirect support in the form of targeted technical assistance. All contributions support a single, commonly-agreed work program. Major contributors to the 1997 CILSS externally-financed program budget of $19 million were the United States (21%), Canada (4%), the European Union (11%), France (9%), Germany (3%), Italy (7%), and the Netherlands (13%). The Sahel Regional Program also supports USAID participation in the Club du Sahel. The proposed budget for the Club Secretariat is approximately $2.5 million for 1999. The United States is projected to provide 21% of the Club budget, followed by Canada (17%), the Netherlands (16%), France (13%), Switzerland (11%), Germany (10%), Japan (8%), and Denmark (3%).

FY 2000 Program.

The Sahel Regional Program supports regional activities that address issues that cut across national boundaries, and that also realize economies of scale. The majority of the program is implemented through CILSS's institutions: the Sahel Institute (INSAH); the Regional Agroclimatological, Hydrological and Meteorological Institute (AGRHYMET); and CILSS headquarters. The Sahel Regional Program also provides support to the West African Enterprise Network, an organization of about 350 African business people in 13 West African countries, and fosters dialogue among the major sub-regional institutions, including the Economic Community of West African States and the West African Economic and Monetary Union.

The program pursues broad-based economic growth in the Sahel by supporting West African regional organizations to address policy and regulatory impediments to the development of the private sector, to more open local and regional markets and to increased exports. It especially assists in addressing barriers to the enabling environment that affect agriculture and commerce across national boundaries.

The program also supports improvements in democratic governance. Though there have been setbacks in democratization in individual countries, the overall trend in the Sahel is positive. Specific approaches to promoting democracy in Sahelian West Africa include strengthening the advocacy and organizational capacity of civil society groups and supporting opportunities to exchange ideas and experiences particularly on decentralization and the appropriate roles of different levels of government and civil society. The empirical basis for the exchanges is prepared by the Sahelians with USAID support.

USAID's support for improved access by decision makers to important environmental, demographic and food security information has been instrumental to the Sahelian ability to manage food security and to avert famine. Activities at AGRHYMET and INSAH provide environmental monitoring, agricultural and population policy development, and demographic analysis services to CILSS member states. Support to these institutions includes measures to improve institutional sustainability, inter alia assurance of timely, high-quality information and analytical services to member states that reflect regional, as well as national information. Although the Sahel Regional Program does not manage P.L. 480 resources directly, it does collaborate with CILSS, USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHR) Offices of Foreign Disaster assistance and Food for Peace and the World Food Program to seek the most efficient and effective ways of identifying and serving food-vulnerable populations. Information regarding the use of humanitarian assistance bilaterally in the Sahel can be found in the narrative for the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance.

SAHEL REGIONAL PROGRAM

FY 2000 PROGRAM SUMMARY
(in thousands of dollars)

USAID AFR/WA Office Director: Harry M. Lightfoot

USAID Strategic and Special Objectives	Economic Growth & Agriculture	Population & Health	Environment	Democracy	Human Capacity Development	Humanitarian Assistance	TOTALS
S.O. 1. Assist National Gov'ts, Regional Institutions and Private Sector Associations to Identify, Clarify, and Implement Policy Options which Promote Trade and Investment in the West Africa Region - DFA	1,630	---	247	---	---	---	1,877
S.O. 2. Promote Dialogue on the Role of Civil Society and Communal, Local and National Gov'ts in Achieving Regional Objectives in the Management of Natural Resources, Food Security, and Market Development - DFA	125	---	---	500	---	---	625
S.O. 3. Decision Makers Have Ready Access to Relevant Information on Food Security, Population and the Environment - DFA - CS	1,695 ---	900 200	1,653 ---	--- ---	--- ---	--- ---	4,248 200
Totals: - DFA - CS	3,450 ---	900 200	1,900 ---	500 ---	--- ---	--- ---	6,750 200

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ACTIVITY DATA SHEET

PROGRAM: SAHEL REGIONAL
TITLE AND NUMBER: Assist National Governments, Regional Institutions and Private Sector Associations to Identify, Clarify, and Implement Policy Options which Promote Trade and Investment in the West Africa Region, 625-S001
STATUS: Continuing
PROPOSED OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: FY 2000: $1,877,000 DFA
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 1997; ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2002

Summary: The purpose of this activity is to improve trade and investment in Sahel West Africa by strengthening African leadership and intraregional cooperation in defining trade and investment policy and regulation in the region. Both public and private sector participation are supported. USAID's role has been to provide strategic technical assistance and institutional support to enhance the voice of the private sector on key issues and bring practical applications and approaches to a non-transparent, highly politicized policy-making process. The majority of the Sahelian population and the majority of the poor are rural people who engage in livestock and crop production and related trade. Urbanization in the coastal states is occurring rapidly, and these cities and towns are the fastest-growing markets for livestock products. Thus, at least half of the 260 million people in West Africa who produce, trade, and consume local products are likely to benefit from lowered trade restrictions, increased trade, and increased economic activity. Major beneficiaries will be the rural poor, especially women, because they tend to produce the commodities with the greatest potential for increased regional trade, and poor urban consumers for whom the costs of purchasing local commodities declines. Substantial benefits should flow to women as they are responsible for purchase and preparation of food for urban household consumption, and are especially involved in the production and trade of horticulture crops.

Key Results: The Sahel Regional Program has supported four activities: the Mali/Burkina Faso/Côte d'Ivoire/Ghana/Togo Livestock Action Plan (LAP); the West Africa Enterprise Network (WAEN); an analytical activity of the Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) on regional trade policy harmonization and better coordination of regional economic programs among CILSS, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA).

Livestock trade between the Sahel and coastal markets is a critical source of income to millions of rural Sahelians. USAID helped establish a collaborative effort, facilitated by CILSS, among the governments of Mali, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Togo and their respective private sectors to reduce tariffs and taxes on livestock trade, simplify export licensing and other documentation, and improve market information on livestock trade in the region. From 1993-1998, farm-to-butcher marketing costs have been under 29%, meaning that farmers receive in income 71% of the coastal market price. The LAP is now fully integrated into the CILSS policy project. Livestock producers and traders have continued to strengthen the organizations this activity has helped start. The collaborators in this activity agreed in 1998 that they needed to have more information on costs and sources of costs and inefficiencies (import duties and regulations, for example) in the transportation system in the region. A study of the system was completed in 1998. Findings and recommendations will be discussed in 1999, with implementation of recommended actions to follow in 1999 and 2000.

USAID technical assistance has helped the WAEN grow into a self-supporting organization with chapters in 13 West African countries and a total of about 350 members, most of whom operate small businesses as defined under the Agency's New Partnership Initiative. Members of the WAEN have created joint business ventures, such as a regional network of accountants and an export/import company, which would not have been possible without this association. The WAEN is now recognized by multilateral donors such as the World Bank, and regional organizations such as ECOWAS, as a strong private sector voice in the policy dialogue. An effort to strengthen the link between American and West African business began in 1998 with funding from the Sahel Regional Program and the Africa Trade and Investment Program. The linkage has been formalized between the Corporate Council on Africa and the WAEN. The two organizations are exploring a fee-for-service arrangement; expectations are that it will become self-sustaining by the end of FY 2000.

In mid-1997, USAID helped strengthen coordination among three major regional institutions in West Africa - UEMOA, ECOWAS and CILSS - and the WAEN, by supporting a meeting of the participants at which an informal group called the Forum of West Africa was created. A second meeting was held in March 1998 to review achievements during 1997 and to establish a sound agenda for 1998 and 1999. The agenda includes sharing information to better harmonize policy formulation and implementation and giving the private sector a stronger voice in identifying and resolving issues inhibiting regional trade in West Africa. Participants agreed to establish a mechanism (information collection by the private sector with assistance from CILSS) to monitor trade barriers, and UEMOA and ECOWAS agreed to insure this information is made available to decision makers and to follow up with measures to correct problems.

Performance and Prospects: If food security in the Sahel is to be increased, then economic performance must improve by expanding markets for agricultural and industrial goods. This requires that governments pursue some form of economic cooperation. To achieve greater intraregional trade volumes and reduced transaction costs, USAID supports negotiation of inter-country reforms at regional fora and analyses of monetary and trade issues of importance to West African countries. Planned funding for this activity in FY 2000 will support African stakeholders to identify and address policy and regulatory impediments affecting agriculture and commerce. USAID works to bring all stakeholders together. It particularly assists public-private sector planning and implementation of mutually agreed reforms. USAID provides technical assistance and strategically targeted direct support to ensure that the negotiations occur and that progress is made. USAID will also provide U.S. technical expertise in agricultural commodity trade to African partners who use it as the basis for formulating their policy positions. Identification of potential local markets and impediments to exploiting those markets allows stakeholders to reach agreement on and implement needed reforms.

Possible Adjustments to Plans: None.

Other Donor Programs: In keeping with the intent that the WAEN be self-financing, direct USAID assistance was phased out in 1997, technical assistance was reduced in 1998 and by the end of 1999 USAID support will be minimal. Other donors, such as Germany, Canada and France, continue to provide funds to a support unit for the WAEN. Direct support to the LAP has been incorporated into CILSS's $408,000 trade policy activity to which Canada (17%), France (37%) the Netherlands (20%) and the United States (22%) contributed in 1997. Donor support for West African regional economic integration comes primarily from the European Union and France. The European Union and France are, for example, the main source of support to UEMOA. The European Union had been the primary source of support for ECOWAS, but it has recently reduced its support. USAID complements other donor support to UEMOA and ECOWAS actors in the policy arena with its support to the private sector voice, the WAEN.

Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: Activities are implemented through grants to CILSS, and via grants and contracts between USAID and U.S. entities, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Corporate Council on Africa, an institutional contractor to be chosen in FY 1999, Chemonics, Development Alternatives, Inc., and Associates in Rural Development.

Selected Performance Measures:

	Baseline	FY2000	Target
- Number of countries which use comparative advantage as a basis for setting trade policy.	0 (1993)	8	8 (2002)
- Marketing costs for major commodities in regional trade reduced 20%.	0% (1993)	15%	20% (2002)

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ACTIVITY DATA SHEET

PROGRAM: SAHEL REGIONAL
TITLE AND NUMBER: Promote Dialogue on the Role of Civil Society and Communal, Local and National Governments in Achieving Regional Objectives in the Management of Natural Resources, Food Security, and Market Development, 625-S002
STATUS: Continuing
PROPOSED OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: FY 2000: $625,000 DFA
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 1997; ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2002

Summary: The purpose of this activity is to promote dialogue and mutual action on issues of political and economic participation, pluralism, and effectiveness and responsiveness of government. Direct beneficiaries of this activity are members of rural communities who achieve both greater control over their local natural resources and better, more localized mechanisms for conflict resolution. Since 80% of the population in the Sahel is rural, approximately 37 million people could benefit directly. Problems experienced by women, pastoralists and youth in resource access and control are specially targeted.

Key Results: Starting in late 1995, the Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS), with support from USAID, brought together government and civil society to express their long-term goals and aspirations for Sahelian society. This vision was presented to the Sahelian heads of state and government in a 1997 region-wide forum. The process by which the vision was formed marks a major advance in deepening the role of civil society in setting regional economic and social policy priorities and in creating stakeholders in the management of development. The vision served as the basis for CILSS's 1999-2001 work plan. The process of incorporating the vision into the national development plans of CILSS's nine member states was begun in 1998.

In 1998, the grassroots organizational efforts and exchange of experience among the civil society groups in the Sahelian states began to demonstrate their effects on public policy debates and decisions. Senegal, Mali, Cape Verde, Burkina Faso and Niger completed National Action Plans (NAPs) for the Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD) with substantial participation by non-governmental organizations. CILSS organized and supported this input, which led to NAPs that reflect local priorities and locally acceptable actions to safeguard the fragile natural resource base. Decentralization was a major theme for improving democratic governance in the Sahelian states. In this respect, CILSS completed and circulated case studies from Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad and Niger in 1998, which allowed government and civil society to compare progress among the states and share innovations. A special CILSS workshop on women and decision-making authorities in Senegal, based on a study carried out by CILSS, was widely attended by a network of Sahelian women. This has inspired demand for examination of women's relationships to authority across the Sahel, with an eye to strengthening advocacy for women's rights.

Performance and Prospects: Sharing of perspectives, ideas and experiences among governments, non-governmental organizations and private sector actors in the region will serve as a catalyst for democratization and improved governance. Regional exchanges, analyses, and debates can play a unique role in fostering African leadership and expertise in defining principles and shaping institutions and approaches consistent with realities of West African countries. This activity responds to the need for institutionalized economic and political participation and decentralized democratic governance in order to sustain improvements and ensure program impact in Sahelian West Africa. Attention is focused on strengthening institutions through regional networking and dialogue to support the development of an effective partnership between civil society and government entities from the community to the national level.

Experience has shown that decentralization and local empowerment in the Sahel allow local markets to flourish, contribute to food security, and improve the effectiveness of natural resources management; hence this activity cuts across and reinforces the other two activities in the Sahel Regional Program. To achieve the strategic results under this activity, USAID is strengthening the capacity of groups in civil society to participate actively in the dialogue cited in the activity title, supporting the dialogue between these groups and government entities at regional conferences, and supporting Sahelian individuals and institutions to produce materials that will serve as the basis of discussion at regional exchanges. These materials include, for example, documentation of the special constraints faced by women, herders and other traditionally disadvantaged groups in obtaining and using natural resources; development of a database of successful experiences in decentralized natural resources management; and documentation of locally-financed and -managed public service provision and of alternative land tenure conflict resolution practices.

Possible Adjustments to Plans: None.

Other Donor Programs: The majority of the effort under this activity has been designed and is being implemented by CILSS, representing the nine Sahelian states who are its members. The $1,900,000 of external financing in 1998 came from Germany (50%), the Netherlands (9.5%), Canada (12.5%), France (12%) and the United States (16%). CILSS member states made in-kind contributions valued at five percent of the external contributions. In addition to CILSS's efforts, USAID supports participation by members of the West African Enterprise Network (WAEN) of 13 country chapters with about 350 members and a regional network in debates on economic policy, which is regarded as contributing to civil society development and debate. Although recurrent WAEN expenditures are self-financed, donors support technical assistance and special activity costs. In addition to the U.S., other donors include Germany, Canada, France and the European Union.

Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: USAID provides support to this activity through grants to CILSS and the Club du Sahel, and via grants and contracts with U.S. entities, including an institutional contractor to be selected in FY 1999, Development Alternatives, Inc., Associates in Rural Development, Inc., Research Triangle Institute, and the International Resources Group.

Selected Performance Measures:

	Baseline	FY2000	Target
- Number of regional meetings on the role of civil society and governance in improving natural resources management, public service delivery and food security	0 (1994)	58 (2002)
- Number of planning, implementation an follow-up of decisions in which relevant stakeholders are included.	None (1993)	Majority	Majority (2002)
- Percent of decisions which reflect positions put forward by stakeholders.	0% (1993)	75%	75% (2002)

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ACTIVITY DATA SHEET

PROGRAM: SAHEL REGIONAL
TITLE AND NUMBER: Decision Makers Have Ready Access to Information on Food Security, Population and Environment, 625-S003
STATUS: Continuing
PROPOSED OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: FY 2000: $4,248,000 DFA, $200,000 CSD
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 1997; ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2002

Summary: The purpose of this activity is to improve food security and environmental equilibrium in the Sahel. Direct beneficiaries of this activity are the member states of the Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS), in particular their rural populations, via improved information, better strategic planning, and greater regional cooperation in the areas of agricultural and food policy research; natural resource management; population policy making, program planning and demographic research; and related information exchange on food security and natural resource themes.

Key Results: USAID and other donor support to the CILSS system over the years has helped assure that population policy programs, donor coordination, food security monitoring, and disaster mitigation systems are fairly well established. Major accomplishments are: 1) food crises in the Sahel have been averted by helping CILSS member countries to create food early warning and food monitoring systems; 2) efficiencies have been gained from the coordination of food aid and food policy; and 3) food need assessments in the region have improved in accuracy. The region has made a strong commitment to keeping its population in balance with its limited resources, with all nine countries moving from pro-natalist to pro-family planning policies and programs over the past 10 years. CILSS has taken the lead in implementing the Africa Annex to the Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD). The Early Action Programme for Africa under the CCD have been initiated, with five of the nine Sahelian states assisted by CILSS in completing national action plans in 1998. CILSS also produced a second draft of the subregional plan for all of the states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and negotiated on behalf of its member states at the Second Conference of Parties for the CCD held in Dakar, Senegal in December 1998.

The African Financial Community Franc (FCFA) devaluation impact monitoring work managed at the Sahel Institute (INSAH) was completed in FY 1998, and included a series of regional workshops to disseminate the results to journalists, the private sector and policymakers. Completion of this activity means that private sector actors and policy makers understand the devaluation's impact on farmers, productivity, consumption, incomes, and trade, and that this understanding enhances policy makers' ability to participate in future discussions and decisions on monetary policy in the region.

In 1997, CILSS completed a consultative, long-range planning process to establish a Sahelian vision of the region in the 21st century. This effort was unique in that it solicited the views of a broad range of individuals and organizations in the Sahel - ranging from producer and women's organizations, to local non-governmental organizations, to Sahelian intellectuals and national and local governments. The vision statement is consistent with USAID values in that it emphasizes human resource development, institutional capacity development, sustainable agricultural, forestry and fisheries development to foster economic growth and diversification, and a united Sahel that is open to the world. The vision that emerged from the process will guide country development priorities, and provided the foundation for the next generation of CILSS activities -- incorporated in the CILSS 1999-2001 work plan. A related process was undertaken by the Secretariat of the Club du Sahel (Club). This effort examined the impact of aid to the Sahel over the past 20 years and reviewed mechanisms used to deliver that aid. The results of these two efforts have provided a Sahelian-led vision, which will guide USAID support to the CILSS and the Club in this activity over the next several years.

Performance and Prospects: Efforts under this activity are at the core of the Sahel Regional Program. They emphasize information and analysis of regional issues, especially natural resources management, and regional harmonization of policy on the environment, population, food and agriculture. The intent is to enhance and expand efforts at regional coordination that have been successfully undertaken by regional institutions such as the CILSS/Club partnership, now supported by the CILSS member states, by USAID, and by other donors. Regional-level policy decisions and guidelines regarding environment, population, food security, and food aid relate directly to the goal of the CILSS and have been supported by its member states for some time. This effort reinforces the recognition by the Regional Agroclimatological, Hydrological and Meteorological Institute (AGRHYMET), INSAH, and CILSS's headquarters policy analysis program that a broader, West African orientation is necessary for achieving sustainable growth in the Sahel, as are outward-looking policy decisions and policy implementation by CILSS member states.

This USAID activity supports Sahelian institutions in gathering and analyzing information on important food security and environmental topics, and facilitates access by Sahelian and donor decision makers to that information and analysis. Monitoring systems for the key variables in the fragile Sahelian environment are created and strengthened. USAID supports regional institutions that are part of the CILSS system (AGRHYMET, INSAH and CILSS headquarters). At AGRHYMET, USAID support enables the Sahelian staff to assist CILSS member states with natural resources monitoring, coordinated annual food supply and consumption estimates and the maintenance of the Sahel's highly-regarded famine early warning system. For INSAH, USAID support contributes to the work of a cadre of highly-trained population and health specialists who, in turn, assist the member states to improve policy and service provision in population and health. Support also helps with institutional development and the provision of services to member states (analyses, information sharing and related dialogue on natural resource management policy, agricultural policy and food security and related dialogue). In FY 2000, support to INSAH will include continued monitoring of the impacts of policy change on food security at national and household levels for 14 West African countries, building on the work originally started to monitor the impacts of the 1994 FCFA devaluation. Support to CILSS headquarters fosters discussion of key policy issues in a regional context, and enhances system management capacity. The headquarters 1999-2001 plan specifically includes assistance to each member state in adopting harmonized agricultural and food security policy statement. USAID is a major supporter of this assistance.

Possible Adjustments to Plans: None.

Other Donor Programs: These activities support key CILSS services to its nine member states, and in 1997 were parallel financed with France (9%), Germany (3%), the Netherlands (13%), the European Union (11%), the United Nations specialized agencies (11%), Canada (4%), CILSS member states and revenues (5%), and the United States (21%). The Club du Sahel facilitates donor coordination on food aid and anti-desertification measures in the region. The Club anticipates receiving support in 1999 from Canada (17%), the Netherlands (16%), France (13%), Switzerland (11%), Germany (10%), Japan (8%), and Denmark (3%) and the U.S. (21%).

Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: USAID provides support to this activity via grants to CILSS and the Club and via contracts with U.S. entities, including Associates in Rural Development, Inc.; The Futures Group, Inc.; Research Triangle Institute; Michigan State University; the InterCRSP university consortium (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, managing entity); the International Resources Group, Ltd.; Chemonics; Development Alternatives, Inc.; an institutional contractor to be chosen in FY 1999, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Selected Performance Measures:

	Baseline	FY2000	Target
- Percent of CILSS country policies and programs for food security, natural resource management, and population which reflect sound development methodologies and access to consistent regional information systems.	0 (1993)	75%	100% (2002)

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