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Sustainability is a core element of USAID program design, as shown in the Agency’s Strategic Plan Checklist, which requires strategic teams within the mission to address two questions:

(1) Is the achievement of sustainability for governmental institutions and processes realistic and within the planned timeframe for the completion of USAID’s assistance to a specific strategic objective and/or a country’s graduation from USAID assistance?

(2) Will sustainability plans be provided for key institutions and processes that will be necessary beyond the timeframe of the USAID strategy?

Furthermore, section 611(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended and codified in 22 U.S.C. 2361, provides that whenever certain types of funds are proposed to be used for a capital assistance project exceeding $1 million, the head of agency must take into consideration the mission director’s certification as to the capability of the country to effectively maintain and utilize the project.

Source: AUDIT REPORT NO. 5-306-10-002-P November 10, 2009

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