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Date: Sep 30, 2009
Author: General Accountability Office
Summary: In an effort to inform the discussion on the Administration's plans to develop a "new global approach to hunger," GAO summarized and evaluated previous food assistance reports with the objectives of "(1) updat[ing] U.S. agencies' responses to GAO's previous international food assistance recommendations and (2) identif[ing] potential oversight questions for Congressional consideration." As a result of this evalution, the GAO "identified five issues for Congressional consideration to ensure more efficient and effective international food assistance: (1) coordination and integration, (2) needs assessments and market information, (3) transportation and logistics, (4) nutrition and food quality control, and (5) monitoring and evaluation."
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