Paraguay Threshold Program Monitoring & Evaluation

Highlights of the results achieved included the following:

• The time to process complaints was reduced from an average of ten months to an average of less than three months.
• A forensic laboratory was built to help improve the reliability and scope of information provided to prosecutors.
• The number of days to start a business was reduced by half, from 74 days to 35.
• The Standardized Model of Internal Control was developed and was implemented in five major ministries to improve auditing mechanisms and management of financial information.