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For an overview of
the United States of America's
Official Development Assistance, please click here.
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The United States Agency for
International Development (USAID) is an independent
federal government agency that supports economic development
and humanitarian assistance in accordance with US economic and
political interests overseas. |
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Afghanistan, Albania, Angola,
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Bolivia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia,
Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dominican
Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, , Ecuador, Egypt,
El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Honduras,
India, Indonesia, Ireland, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya,
Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon,
Liberia, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mexico,
Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal,
Nicaragua, Pakistan, Palestinian Authority, Panama, Paraguay,
Peru, Philippines, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Romania,
Russian Federation, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro,
Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka,
Sudan, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda,
Ukraine, United Republic of Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam,
Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
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USAID names the following
development priorities related to long-term and equitable
economic growth in accordance with US foreign policy
objectives: economic growth, agriculture and trade; global
health; democracy, conflict prevention and humanitarian
assistance. |
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USAID's priority sectors are
economic growth, democracy and governance, the environment,
population-health-and nutrition, human capital development,
and humanitarian assistance, with gender as a cross-cutting
theme. |
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USAID uses the term SWAp, and is
involved in SWAps. USAID is not involved in direct General
Budget Support. USAID is not authorized to contribute to a
basket fund. Nevertheless, there is the option of providing
funds for SWAps and in the framework of Poverty Reduction
Strategy Papers through a separate account (this modality
ensures sufficient accountability to the US Congress).
Conditions for USAID's involvement in this indirect form of
General Budget Support are sufficiently good governance in
governmental institutions (including transparency of
procedures), commitment to reform at the macro and sectoral
level, and the presence of a Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper.
The largest amount of aid is provided through projects in
SWAps. But also projects that are not embedded in a SWAp can
possibly be supported by USAID. |
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USAID supports education and
training as well as workforce development in order to improve
the quality of teacher training colleges and institutes, the
administration of workforce institutions, workforce
development skills and economic productivity, education and
democratic principles, health, nutrition and the impact of
HIV/AIDS, the utilisation of the Internet and other
communications technology, and to improve the management of
natural resources. In order to achieve these goals, USAID is
committed to establish partnerships between colleges in the US
and worldwide. Furthermore, the agency sponsors training
programmes worldwide taking place either as short- or
long-term, degree-earning academic training for mid- to
high-level professionals. More information on the training
programme is available on USAID's training website: http://www.usaidtraining.net.
Information on education partnerships can be found here: http://www.usaid.gov
> Our work > Education & Universities > Education
Partnerships. |
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Around 30% of USAID's
total bilateral aid is provided through technical assistance. |
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One third of the USAID funds are
provided through Private and Voluntary Organisations. They are
almost exclusively US-based, and few international NGOs. |
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USAID provides a compilation of
useful resources concerning submission requirements and
procedures on its website: http://www.usaid.gov
> Policy > Development Partners Resources. |
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USAID provides a compilation of
useful resources concerning US development policies and plans,
agency evaluations and annuals reports on its website: http://www.usaid.gov
> Policy > Development Partners Resources.
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| Name |
United
States Agency for International Development (USAID) |
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Information
Centre |
| Street
Address |
Ronald
Reagan Building
Washington, D.C. 20523-1000 |
| Phone |
[+1] (202) 712 4810 |
| Fax |
[+1]
(202) 216 3524 |
| E-mail |
E-mail form on website http://www.usaid.gov
> Contact us |
| Website
(language) |
http://www.usaid.gov
(English) |
Next to the head office in
Washington, D.C., USAID works through field offices (mission
directory and mission websites are accessible here: http://www.usaid.gov
> Locations > Mission Directory/ Mission Web Sites). |
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Unless indicated otherwise
information concerning development assistance of the US is
taken from the following sources:
Hasegawa 2002, pp. 10-14.
Unites States Agency for International Development (USAID),
website: http://www.usaid.gov,
access: 30 October 2003. |
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