Since February 2008, USAID/Afghanistan has funded several development programs to support the U.S. Government’s counternarcotics strategy in Afghanistan. In March 2009, the mission awarded Development Alternatives Inc. a 5-year, $150 million cooperative agreement to implement the Incentives Driving Economic Alternatives for the North, East, and West Program.

The program’s main objective is to create sustainable jobs to help local economies transition away from their dependency on illicit opium production and sales and reduce the number of hectares of opium cultivation.

This audit will determine whether USAID/Afghanistan’s Incentives Driving Economic Alternatives for the North, East, and West Program is increasing licit and commercially viable agricultural employment alternatives for rural Afghans.  

Source: Office of Inspector General - ANNUAL PLAN - FISCAL YEAR 2011