United States Agency for International Development

Agency name	United States Agency for International Development
Logo	USAID-Identity.svg
Logo width	200px
Formed	November 3, 1961
Preceding1	International Cooperation Administration
Headquarters	Washington, D.C.
Employees	1,759 (2006)
Chief1 name	Rajiv Shah
Chief1 position	Administrator
Chief2 name	Donald Steinberg
Chief2 position	Deputy Administrator
Chief3 name	Sean Carroll
Chief3 position	Chief Operating Officer
Website	www.usaid.gov
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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is the United States federal government agency primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid. President John F. Kennedy created USAID in 1961 by executive order to implement development assistance programs in the areas authorized by the Congress in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. An independent federal agency, USAID receives overall foreign policy guidance from the United States Secretary of State and seeks to "extend a helping hand to those people overseas struggling to make a better life, recover from a disaster or striving to live in a free and democratic country."

USAID's stated goals include providing "economic, development and humanitarian assistance around the world in support of the foreign policy goals of the United States". It operates in Sub-Saharan Africa; Asia and the Near East, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, and Eurasia.

Organizational History of U.S. Foreign Aid

From the ECA to USAID

The U.S. Government has long provided foreign assistance for specific needs. In 1915, the Commission for Relief of Belgium headed by Herbert Hoover prevented starvation in Belgium after the German invasion.

After 1945, the USG institutionalized its foreign assistance with the creation of the Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA). The ECA implemented the European Recovery Program championed by Secretary of State George Marshall (the "Marshall Plan") to help rebuild war-torn Western Europe.

The Marshall Plan was cut short on June 30, 1951 to re-direct foreign aid in light of the Korean War. On October 31, 1951, Congress passed the first Mutual Security Act and created the Mutual Security Agency (MSA) to manage foreign assistance. In 1953 at the end of the Korean War, the Foreign Operations Administration (FOA) was established as an independent government agency outside the Department of State to consolidate economic and technical assistance on a world-wide basis. Its responsibilities were merged into the International Cooperation Administration (ICA) one year later.

In 1961, the Congress approved the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 at President Kennedy's initiative, merging the ICA and other foreign aid entities into USAID as a new agency dedicated to development as a long-term effort requiring country-by-country planning and a commitment of resources on a multi-year basis.

USAID's Evolution

The organizational structure of U.S. civilian foreign assistance continues to evolve.

* In the early 1970s, foreign aid became one of the focal points in Legislative-Executive differences over the Vietnam War. In September 1970, President Nixon proposed abolishing USAID and replacing it with three new institutions: one for development loans, one for technical assistance and research, and one for trade, investment and financial policy. The Congress did not act on the proposal.

* In 1973, Congress adopted a USAID proposal for "New Directions" in foreign aid. By amending the Foreign Assistance Act, the Congress provided that U.S. aid should emphasize "Basic Human Needs": food and nutrition; population planning and health; and education and human resources development. President Nixon signed the "New Directions" act into law (PL 93-189) in December 1973.

* In 1978, legislation drafted at the request of Senator Hubert Humphrey was introduced to create a Cabinet-level International Development Cooperation Agency (IDCA). IDCA's intended role was to supervise USAID in place of the State Department. However, although IDCA was established by Executive Order in September, 1979, it did not in practice separate USAID from the State Department.

* In 1995, Senator Jesse Helms, the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced legislation to abolish USAID and replace it with a grant-making foundation. Although the House of Representatives passed a bill abolishing USAID, the measure did not become law.

* In 1997, to gain Congressional cooperation for his foreign affairs agenda President Clinton adopted a State Department proposal to integrate more foreign affairs agencies into the Department. The "Foreign Affairs Agencies Consolidation Act of 1998" (Division G of PL 105-277), in addition to abolishing the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and the United States Information Agency (which formerly maintained American libraries overseas), also abolished IDCA, making USAID more formally dependent on State. In addition, the law provided the President the options of abolishing USAID or integrating its ten-person press office into the State Department. However, USAID was to continue to manage the budget for development.

* In 2003, President Bush established PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, putting USAID's HIV/AIDS programs under the direction of the State Department's new Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator.

* In 2004, the Bush Administration created the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) as a new foreign aid agency to provide financial assistance to a limited number of countries selected for good performance in socioeconomic development. The MCC also finances some USAID-administered development assistance projects.

* In January 2006, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice created the Office of the Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance ('F') within the State Department. F's purpose is to ensure that foreign assistance is used as much as possible to meet foreign policy objectives. Under a Director with the rank of Deputy Secretary, F integrated foreign assistance planning and resource management across State and USAID, directing all USAID offices' budgets according to a detailed "Standardized Program Structure" comprising hundreds of "Program Sub-Elements." USAID accordingly closed its office responsible for overall budgeting and development policy.

* In 2007, USAID launched the "Development Leadership Initiative" to reverse the precipitous decline in USAID's Foreign Service Officer staffing, which from its peak of 25,000 in 1970 had fallen to fewer than 1,000. USAID's goal is to double the number of Foreign Service Officers by 2012.

* On September 22, 2010, President Obama signed a classified Presidential Policy Determination (PPD) on Global Development. As described by an unclassified fact sheet, the PD establishes an Interagency Policy Committee on Global Development led by the National Security Staff. It also adds to U.S. development efforts an emphasis on Innovation.

* On December 21, 2010, Secretary of State Clinton released the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR). The QDDR reaffirms the plan to re-build USAID's Foreign Service staffing while also emphasizing the increased role that staff from the State Department and domestic agencies will play in implementing U.S. assistance. In addition, it lays out a program for a future transfer of health sector assistance back from the State Department to USAID.

* Consistent with this evolving policy environment, USAID re-created in mid-2010 a development planning office, the Bureau of Policy, Planning, and Learning, and on November 23, 2010, announced the creation of a new Bureau for Food Security to lead the implementation of President Obama's Feed the Future Initiative, which was formerly managed by the State Department.

USAID's Internal Organization

USAID is organized around resident offices in developing countries ("missions") and its headquarters in Washington, DC.

Country Development Programs

USAID plans its work around around individual country development programs tailored to the recipient countries. USAID missions reside in over fifty developing countries, using their contacts with each country's government and nongovernment organizations to identify the programs that will receive USAID's assistance. As countries develop and need less assistance, USAID shrinks and ultimately closes its resident missions. Since USAID's founding in 1961, it has closed its missions in such countries as South Korea, Turkey, Tunisia, and Costa Rica.

USAID missions are led by Mission Directors and staffed both by USAID Foreign Service Officers and by development professionals from the country itself, who form a majority of the staff. USAID Foreign Service Officers are selected competitively for specific job openings on the basis of academic qualifications and experience in development programs.

Assistance projects in each country are authorized by the Mission Director under the direction of the U.S. Ambassador, USAID and State Department headquarters, and the Congress. The resident USAID mission administers and evaluates the assistance.

USAID's country programs are supported by USAID's headquarters in Washington, D.C., where about half of USAID's Foreign Service Officers work on rotation from foreign assignments, alongside USAID's Civil Service staff and top leadership.

USAID/Washington

USAID is headed by an Administrator appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The current USAID Administrator is Rajiv Shah, appointed by President Obama.

USAID's headquarters in Washington, D.C. is organized into "Bureaus" covering geographical areas, development subject areas, and administrative functions. Each Bureau is headed by an Assistant Administrator appointed by the President.

* Geographical bureaus:

* AFR—Sub-Saharan Africa

* ASIA—Asia

* LAC—Latin America & the Caribbean

* E&E;—Europe and Eurasia

* ME—the Middle East

* OAPA-Afghanistan and Pakistan

* Functional bureaus:

* GH—Global Health

* EGAT—Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade

* DCHA—Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance

* BFS-Food Security

* Headquarter bureaus:

* M—Management

LPA—Legislative and Public Affairs.

* Disaster relief

Poverty relief

Technical cooperation on global issues

U.S. bilateral interests

Socioeconomic development

Disaster Relief

The U.S. Government's earliest foreign aid programs provided relief in crises created by war. In 1915, USG assistance through the Commission for Relief of Belgium headed by Herbert Hoover prevented starvation in Belgium after the German invasion. After 1945, the European Recovery Program championed by Secretary of State George Marshall (the "Marshall Plan") helped rebuild war-torn Western Europe. In our era, USAID leads USG relief efforts after wars and natural disasters through its Office for Foreign Disaster Assistance. Private U.S. relief contributions work through charitable NGOs. The U.S. military also plays a major role in disaster relief overseas.

Poverty Relief

After 1945, many newly independent countries needed assistance to relieve the chronic deprivation afflicting their low-income populations. Since its founding in 1961, USAID has continuously provided poverty relief in many forms, including assistance to public health and education services targeted at the poorest. USAID has also helped manage agricultural commodity assistance provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In addition, USAID provides funding to NGOs to supplement private donations in relieving chronic poverty.

Technical Cooperation on Global Issues

Technical cooperation between nations is essential for addressing a range of cross-border interests like communicable diseases, environmental issues, trade and investment cooperation, safety standards for traded products, money laundering, and so forth. The USG has specialized agencies dealing with such areas, such as the Centers for Disease Control and the Environmental Protection Agency. USAID's unique ability to administer programs in low-income countries supports all USG civilian agencies' work on these vital global concerns.

U.S. Bilateral Interests

To support U.S. geopolitical interests, USAID is often called upon to administer exceptional financial grants to allies. Also, when U.S. troops are in the field, USAID can supplement the "Civil Affairs" programs that the U.S. military conducts to win the friendship of local populations and thus to undermine insurgent support. In these circumstances, USAID may be directed by specially appointed diplomatic officials of the State Department, as in Afghanistan and Pakistan at present. USAID can also be called upon to support projects of U.S. constituents that have exceptional interest.

Socioeconomic Development

When President Kennedy was still a Senator, his advisors persuaded him that low-income nations could achieve self-sustaining socioeconomic development if they improved management of their own resources. This became Kennedy's fundamental idea when as President he created USAID. USAID's assistance for socioeconomic development centers on providing technical advice, training, scholarships, commodities, and financial assistance. Other USG agencies and NGOs also participate in these efforts.

Programs of the five types above frequently reinforce one another. For example, the Foreign Assistance Act requires USAID to use funds appropriated for geopolitical purposes ("Economic Support Funds") to support socio-economic development to the maximum extent possible.

USAID's Modes of Assistance

USAID delivers foreign aid in two fundamentally different ways: technical assistance and financial assistance.

Technical Assistance

Technical assistance includes technical advice, training, scholarships, construction, and commodities, which are contracted or procured by USAID and provided in-kind to recipients.

* Technical advice can draw on experts from other USG agencies as well as experts from the private sector under contract.

* Scholarships to U.S. universities are complemented by technical assistance to developing country universities, including establishing partnerships with U.S. universities, to strengthen professional training overseas.

* Commodity assistance takes diverse forms: for example, it is essential to disaster relief and it also is highly sought after for institutional development in the form of IT systems development and computer procurement.

The various forms of technical assistance are frequently coordinated as packages to support the institutional development programs of developing country leaders.

Financial Assistance

Financial assistance supplies cash to developing country organizations to supplement their budgets. USAID also provides financial assistance to local and international NGOs who in turn give technical assistance in developing countries.

In recent years, the USG has increased its emphasis on financial assistance in place of technical assistance. In 2004, the Bush Administration created the Millennium Challenge Corporation as a new foreign aid agency that is mainly restricted to providing financial assistance. In 2009, the Obama Administration initiated a major realignment of USAID's own programs to emphasize financial assistance, referring to it as "government-to-government" or "G2G" assistance.

USAID Forward

Under Dr. Rajiv Shah's leadership, the agency has embarked on an ambitious reform agenda called USAID Forward. The reform agenda aims to change the way the Agency does business-with new partnerships, an emphasis on innovation and a relentless focus on results. It provides USAID the opportunity to transform its agency and unleash its full potential to achieve high-impact development. The USAID Forward package includes the following reforms in key areas: implementation and procurement reform, talent management, rebuilding policy capacity, strengthening monitoring and evaluation, rebuilding budget management, science and technology, and innovation.

Budgetary Resources for Foreign Aid

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The U.S. Government's 150 Account funds the budgets of all International Affairs programs and operations for civilian agencies, including USAID. In FY 2009, the Bush Administration's request for the International Affairs Budget for the Department of State, USAID, and other foreign affairs agencies totaled approximately $39.5 billion, including $26.1 billion for Foreign Operations and Related Agencies, $11.2 billion for Department of State, and $2.2 billion for Other International Affairs.

The request under the FY2009 Foreign Operations budget, Foreign Operations and Related Agencies was:

* $2.4 billion to improve responsiveness to humanitarian crises, including food emergencies and disasters, and the needs of refugees

$938 million to strengthen USAID’s operational capacity

$2.3 billion to help Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and West Bank/Gaza achieve economic, democratic, security and political stabilization and to advance their overall development

$2.1 billion for State Department and USAID programs in Africa to address non-HIV/AIDS health, economic growth and democratic governance needs and to help promote stability in Sudan, Liberia, Zimbabwe and Somalia in support of the President's 2005 commitment to double aid to Africa by 2010

$4.8 billion for the Global HIV/AIDS Initiative, which directly supports the first year of the President’s new five-year, $30 billion plan to treat 2.5 million people, prevent 12 million new infections, and care for 12 million afflicted people

$550 million to support the Mérida Initiative to combat the threats of drug trafficking, transnational crime, and terrorism in Mexico and Central America

$1.7 billion to promote democracy around the world, including support for the President’s Freedom Agenda

$385 million to support the President’s Malaria Initiative to reduce malaria-related deaths by 50 percent in 15 target African countries by 2010

$94 million for the President’s International Education Initiative to provide an additional 4 million students with access to quality basic education through 2012

$64 million for the State Department and USAID to support the President's Climate Change Initiative to promote the adoption of clean energy technology, help countries adapt to climate change, and encourage sustainable forest management

$4.8 billion for foreign military financing to the Middle East, Latin America, Europe and Eurasia, including $2.6 billion for Israel

$2.2 billion for the Millennium Challenge Corporation to improve agricultural productivity, modernize infrastructure, expand private land ownership, improve health systems, and improve access to credit for small business and farmers

At the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, most of the world's governments adopted a program for action under the auspices of the United Nations Agenda 21, which included an Official Development Assistance (ODA) aid target of 0.7% of gross national product (GNP) for rich nations, specified as roughly 22 members of the OECD and known as the Development Assistance Committee (DAC). The United States never agreed to this target but remains in real terms the world's largest provider of official development assistance. However, relative to its economy, the U.S. is the second lowest provider with a 0.17% of GNI in aid. Only Greece, among the DAC countries, provides a lower percentage of GNI in the form of aid.

According to the Development Assistance Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (DAC/OECD), the United States remains the largest donor of "official development assistance" at $23.53 billion in 2006. DAC/OECD reports that the next largest donor was the United Kingdom ($12.46b). The UK was followed (in rank order) by Japan ($11.19b), France ($10.60b), Germany ($10.43b), Netherlands ($5.45b), Sweden ($3.95b), Spain ($3.81b), Canada ($3.68b), Italy ($3.64b), Norway ($2.95b), Denmark ($2.24b), Australia ($2.12b), Belgium ($1.98b), Switzerland ($1.65b), Austria ($1.50b), Ireland ($1.02b), Finland ($0.83b), Greece ($0.42b), Portugal ($0.40b), Luxembourg ($0.29b) and New Zealand ($0.26b).

USAID contributed to relief in the 2010 Haiti Earthquake.

USAID Bilateral Assistance in the News

Haiti

Dr. Rajiv Shah became Administrator of USAID, days shortly before the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti. In response, USAID and other agencies, began working to help Haiti recover and rebuild. Together with the international community and the Government of Haiti, Dr. Shah led USAID to help provide safer housing for almost 200,000 displaced Haitians; supported vaccinations for more than 1 million people; cleared more than 1.3 million cubic meters of the approximately 10 million cubic meters of rubble generated; helped more than 10,000 farmers double the yields of staples like corn, beans, and sorghum; and provided short-term employment to more than 350,000 Haitians, injecting more than $19 million into the local economy. USAID has provided nearly $42 million to help combat cholera, helping to decrease the number of cases requiring hospitalization and reduce the case fatality rate.

Pakistan

From July 22 to 31, 2010, heavy rainfall and subsequent flooding in various regions of Pakistan affected up to 1 million people and resulted in as many as 1,100 deaths in Baluchistan, Punjab, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and international media reports. In response, USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) provided the NDMA with emergency relief commodities, including two mobile water treatment units and four Zodiac boats - worth more than $170,000, not including transport - from the OFDA warehouse in Dubai. OFDA deployed an assessment team to Pakistan, and staff in Washington, D.C. and Islamabad, Pakistan continued to monitor the situation in coordination with the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad and GoP officials.

Iraq

USAID has been a major partner in the United States Government's (USG) reconstruction and development effort in Iraq. , USAID has invested approximately $6.6 billion on programs designed to stabilize communities; foster economic and agricultural growth; and build the capacity of the national, local, and provincial governments to represent and respond to the needs of the Iraqi people.

Rebuilding Iraq C-SPAN 4 Part Series In June 2003, C-SPAN followed USAID Admin. Andrew Natsios as he toured Iraq. The special program C-SPAN produced aired over four nights.

Bolivia

In 2008, the coca growers union affiliated with Bolivian President Evo Morales ejected the 100 employees and contractors from USAID working in the Chapare region, citing frustration with U.S. efforts to persuade them to switch to growing unviable alternatives. From 1998 to 2003, Bolivian farmers could receive USAID funding for help planting other crops only if they eliminated all their coca, according to the Andean Information Network. Other rules, such as the requirement that participating communities declare themselves "terrorist-free zones" as required by U.S. law irritated people, said Kathryn Ledebur, director of the organization. "Eradicate all your coca and then you grow an orange tree that will get fruit in eight years but you don't have anything to eat in the meantime? A bad idea," she said. "The thing about kicking out USAID, I don't think it's an anti-American sentiment overall but rather a rejection of bad programs".

Controversies and criticism

USAID states that "U.S. foreign assistance has always had the twofold purpose of furthering America's foreign policy interests in expanding democracy and free markets while improving the lives of the citizens of the developing world." However, non-government organization watch groups have noted that as much as 40% of aid to Afghanistan has found its way back to donor countries through awarding contracts at inflated costs.

Although USAID defends itself by stating that contractors are selected by their proven abilities, "watch dog" groups, partisan politicians, foreign governments and corporations contend that the bidding process has at times involved both the financial interest of its current Presidential administration and political motivation. An example includes the rebuilding of Iraq during the Bush administration.

Some critics say that the US government gives aid to reward political and military partners rather than to advance genuine social or humanitarian causes abroad. Another complaint is that foreign aid is used as a political weapon for the U.S. to make other nations do things its way, an example given in 1990 when the Yemeni Ambassador to the United Nations, Abdullah Saleh al-Ashtal, voted against a resolution for a US-led coalition to use force against Iraq, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Thomas Pickering walked to the seat of the Yemeni Ambassador and retorted: "That was the most expensive No vote you ever cast". Immediately afterwards, USAID ceased operations and funding in Yemen.

It has been said that in the 1960s and early 1970s USAID has maintained "a close working relationship with the CIA, and Agency officers often operated abroad under USAID cover." The 1960s-era Office of Public Safety, a now-disbanded division of USAID, has been mentioned as an example of this, having served as a front for training foreign police in counterinsurgency methods.

In December 2009, Alan Gross, a contractor for USAID, was arrested in Cuba. He and US government officials claim Gross was helping to deliver internet access to the Jewish community on the island, however the head of the Jewish community in Cuba, Adela Dworin, denies any knowledge of Gross and says that recognized international Jewish organizations have provided them with legal Internet connections. Cuban officials have said that Gross remains under investigation on suspicion of espionage and importing prohibited satellite communications equipment (known as a B-gan) to Cuban dissidents.

Support of forced sterilization

In Peru, former president Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) pressured 200,000 indigenous people in rural areas (mainly Quechuas and Aymaras) into being sterilized.[29] In July 2002, a final report from the Health minister proved that between 1995 and 2000, 331,600 women and 25,590 men had been sterilized. The program was mainly financed by the USAID (36,000,000 dollars) and the UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund).

References

External links

USAID website

Records of the Agency for International Development (AID) in the National Archives

USAID Overview video short

USAID-produced Lebanon television short for 2007 public affairs campaign

USAID-sponsored and financed anti-human trafficking music video

Highlights of President Kennedy's Act for International Development, Bureau of Public Affairs, U.S. Dept. of State, June 1961

Historical bibliography of the United States Agency for International Development, USAID Center for Development Information and Evaluation (CDIE), April 1995

USAID primer : what we do and how we do it, USAID, rev. January 2006

Access over 161,000 USAID documents, reports and publications through USAID's Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC)

Access over 9,100 USAID project descriptions, 1946–1996, through USAID's Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC)

U.S. Overseas Loans and Grants, Obligations and Loan Authorizations, USAID annual report to U.S. Congress

USAID's Global Education Database, Displays UNESCO and other Education Data

FrontLines--the employee news publication of USAID

The US and Foreign Aid Assistance, article by Anup Shah

EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database

CE-DAT: The Complex Emergency Database

Eurodad: Aid Effectiveness, Conditionality, Aid Accounting

Albert H. Huntington Jr. (AID Staff Member), Collection of Documents Related to Foreign Aid, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library

US Aid to Pakistan by the Numbers - Center for American Progress

US Aid to Afghanistan by the Numbers - Center for American Progress

Myth: More US aid will help the hungry

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Thousands of US troops have arrived on the island, trying to offer security and distribute what humanitarian aid there is. And the UN Security Council is expected to approve the deployment of 3500 extra UN troops. But critics say before more security forces arrive, it is medical equipment, nurses and doctors that need to be allowed access to the country if aid efforts can really begin to reach those most in need. Sebastian Walker reports from Port-au-Prince. (Januray 19th, 2010)

Can $32 million US aid stop ethnic butchery in Kyrgyzstan?

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Duration: 8:40
Published: 2010-06-19
Uploaded: 2010-08-27
Author: RussiaToday

Authorities in Kyrgyzstan are trying to reconcile ethnic Uzbek and Kyrgyz communities in the city of Osh, following the deadly clashes. A United States envoy who's visiting the country is pledging more than $32 million to help stabilise the situation there.

Science, Technology, and Innovation at USAID

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Duration: 3:37
Published: 2010-07-16
Uploaded: 2010-09-13
Author: USaidVideo

blog.usaid.gov - Science, technology, and innovation are core to USAID's work around the globe and are a critical component of our development agenda. This video details our innovative and high-impact approach to the use of science and technology in promoting health, economic development, agriculture, and other USAID projects worldwide. This video debuted at USAID's "Transforming Development through Science, Technology, and Innovation" conference held July 13 - 14, 2010.

USAID Nomination Hearing Questions 2

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Duration: 6:49
Published: 2009-12-01
Uploaded: 2010-01-16
Author: senatorlugar

At the Senate Foreign Relations Committee nomination hearing for Dr. Rajiv Shah to be the Administrator for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Senator Dick Lugar asked Dr. Shah to provide a status report on how higher education funding should be distributed in Lebanon, what his thoughts are in overcoming the corruption and bad governance in some of the countries that USAID has operations, and how he feels about holding countries accountable by monitoring how US funds are used.

USAID Video Journalism

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Duration: 4:15
Published: 2009-06-01
Uploaded: 2010-08-27
Author: vizeds

Two documentaries that show USAIDs Media Development Program efforts to teach video journalism techniques to journalism school faculty and working journalists from many of Egypts top newspapers. PLUS: A curtain raiser video on US President Barack Obamas visit to Egypt June 4, Chicago journalist, Robb Montgomery, talks with Egyptians about the presidents first major address from the most populous state in the Arab world and his first from Africa. Produced for Egypt Media Development Program by Robb Montgomery Producers Ahmed Montasser Marwa Alam el Deen Video Journalists Aisha Essam El Haddad Nirmin El Saber Wessam Hendy Bahaa El Taweel Mohammed Azzam Amr Shabana Tarek El Sheikh

USAID Summer Seminar : Hernando de Soto - What Capitalists and Slumdogs Now Have in Common

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Duration: 9:57
Published: 2009-10-07
Uploaded: 2011-02-19
Author: USaidVideo

Summary - www.usaid.gov What Capitalists and Slumdogs Now Have in Common -- The main challenge to creating market economies throughout the developing world is that most of the businesses and property are held in the shadow economy - where all the paper is toxic and thus there is a chronic credit crunch. The current global economic crisis seems very familiar to people in developing countries: in recent years financiers have created their own shadow economy, and that is why efforts to help developed countries rescue capitalism must take their cue from what we do to help poor countries create it: Full Text - www.usaid.gov Presenter: Hernando de Soto, President, Institute for Liberty and Democracy, Peru Opening Remarks: Michael Yates, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau of Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade, USAID Moderator: Mary Ott, Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau of Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade, USAID July 9, 2009 Knowledge Service Center - www.usaid.gov

USAID Admin. Shah, Special Rep. Holbrooke, and Pakistani Minister Quereshi at Brookings

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Duration: 65:28
Published: 2010-10-21
Uploaded: 2010-10-21
Author: statevideo

US Agency for International Development( USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah, US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke, and Foreign Minister of Pakistan Shah Mahmood Qureshi participate in a panel discussion at the Brookings Institute in Washington, DC, October 20, 2010. [Go to www.state.gov for more video and text transcript.]

Has US Aid Helped Pakistan? - Imran Khan

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Duration: 3:34
Published: 2008-02-27
Uploaded: 2011-02-26
Author: ForaTv

Complete video at: fora.tv Pakistani activist, politician and former cricket star Imran Khan argues that acceptance of US financial and political support has had mostly negative effects for his country. ----- Elections vs. Democracy: Post-Bhutto Pakistan and the International Community with discussant Imran Khan, the World Cup cricketer turned political activist and opponent of military rule in Pakistan. Ali Ahsan, associate officer in the executive office of the UN Secretary-General, provides commentary. With the assassination of Benazir Bhutto at the end of 2007, an already turbulent country in the front lines of many of the international community's most pressing concerns - terrorism, nuclear weapons, development, and democracy - was thrown into even greater political turmoil. Parliamentary elections have been rescheduled to February 18, but will elections signify democratic change? And what are the stakes for the international community? - The Century Foundation Imran Khan is Chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek‐e‐Insaf Party (Movement for Justice). A former cricket legend, Mr. Khan was international cricketer of the year in 1989‐1990 and led Pakistan to a World Cup victory in 1992. He transitioned into politics in 1996 and is now an outspoken political opponent of the military regime led by Pervez Musharraf. Born in Lahore, Pakistan in 1952, he earned degrees in economics and politics at Kebel College of Oxford University.

OCCUPATION 101: US Aid to Israel

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Duration: 3:24
Published: 2007-05-26
Uploaded: 2010-12-06
Author: kankasha

US Financial Aid to Israel Movie clip from award-winning documentary film 'Occupation 101: Voices of Silenced Majority'. For more information or to purchase the DVD please visit www.occupation101.com. PART 4/6

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Afghan men are stacking bags of wheat that was donated by USAID.

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USAID Mission Director Craig Buck and Dr. Anwar-ul-Haq Ahady in 2002

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USAID-supported educational program has trained ex-militants to use the computers.

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Service members from nations around the world, along with representatives from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and World Food Program (WFP), gather at the United Nations headquarters in Haiti.

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DR Congo - Milk distribution at a USAID-funded therapeutic feeding center in Kalonge, South Kivu.

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The "Sleek Garments" Industry is a beneficiary of USAID and AGOA support in Accra, Ghana.

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Haitian workers move cooking oil supplied by the United Stated Agency for International Development (USAID) at a distribution center at Port-Au-Prince international airport.

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Haitian workers move cooking oil supplied by United Stated Agency for International Development (USAID) at a distribution center at Port-Au-Prince international airport.

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Southern Sudan leader Salva Kiir (center) meets with USAID officials Lloyd Pierson (left) and Andrew Natsios (right).

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Rear Adm. Joseph Kernan talks with a representative from the United States Agency for International Deployment (USAID) Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance.

photo: US Navy / Chief Mass Communication Specialist James G. Pinsky

Lt.j.g. Albert Gembara, Officer-in-Charge of Maritime Civil Affairs Team 205, speaks with United Stated Agency for International Development (USAID) logistics officer

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Ardamata Camp - Sorghum Distribution: Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Ardamata camp outside of Geneina in West Darfur receive sorghum provided by USAID through WFP.

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Displaced people wait to be given food during distribution organised by the UN World food programme , USAID and other international NGOs in Mogadishu, Somalia

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Rear Adm. Joseph Kernan and representatives from the U.S. Embassy in Haiti and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) met at the Haitian White House.

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Displaced persons in Darfur receive USAID plastic sheeting USAID is airlifting plastic sheeting from its stockpiles in Dubai and Italy for use in constructing temporary shelters for war-affected civilian populations during the rainy season that began

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U.S. and Canadian service members and representatives from the United States Agency for International Development and World Food Program gather at the Canadian Embassy in Haiti to discuss hurricane relief efforts.

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Staff at the Martyr Sadoon Primary School in Kirkuk, Iraq unload furniture from a truck on June 7, 2003. The truck was filled with school furniture that was obtained from funds provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Me

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A U.S. marine places a sticker after packaging USAID supplies bound for cyclone devastated Myanmar at the Utapao Air Force base near the southern city of Rayong, Thailand, Wednesday, May 14,

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Iraqi contractor construction crews work on a new building within the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) headquarters compound, in Baghdad, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Location: C

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A high up, look down view of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) headquarters compound currently under construction by Iraqi contractors in Baghdad, Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. %lt;table

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Representatives from the Philippine National Police and USAID watch a weapons handling demonstration.

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The Military Sealift Command maritime prepositioning ship USNS 1st Lt. Jack Lummus (T-AK-3011) receives cargo from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID

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Marine Staff Sgt. Jonathon Thompson inspects cargo from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Marine Corps at Blount Island Command

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A woman carries a bag containing rice donated by the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, as she walks through a market in Leogane, Haiti Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010. A powerful earthquake hit Haiti on Tuesday.

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Marine Staff Sgt. Jonathon Thompson inspects cargo from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Marine Corps at Blount Island Command, Jacksonville, Fla.