Lessons from Auditing U.S.-funded Stabilization and Reconstruction Activities

In July 2008, SIGIR issued an audit report that identified key recurring systemic management issues. This Lessons Learned study builds on that report, documenting many lessons learned by SIGIR auditors from 2004 through 2012. The numerous problems uncovered in SIGIR's audits reduced program effectiveness and increased potential for fraud, waste, and abuse. If the causes and effects of these problems are not fully understood—and if actions are not taken to forestall their recurrence— then future stability and reconstruction operations (SROs) could experience similar negative outcomes.