USAID

(proper noun)

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is the United States federal government agency primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid.

Related Terms

  • human rights
  • humanitarian intervention

Examples of USAID in the following topics:

  • Development Assistance

    • Agency for International Development (USAID).
    • In the 1980s, USAID was still providing assistance in varying amounts to 56 nations.
    • Like the World Bank, USAID in recent years has moved away from grand development schemes such as building huge dams, highway systems, and basic industries.
    • At the end of the 1990s, USAID accounted for less than one-half of one percent of federal spending.
  • International Humanitarian Policies and Foreign Aid

    • The government channels about half of its economic assistance through a specialized agency called the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) .
    • The 2010 United States federal budget spent 37.7 billion on economic aid (of which USAID received 14.1 billion) out of the 3.55 trillion budget.
    • Aid workers from USAID (the United States Agency for International Development) distribute food to Kenya during a food crisis.
  • Global Health

    • There are dangers to having divergent perspectives especially if it is a biased one; such as exemplified by Andrew Natsios of USAID, when he proclaimed that antiretrovirals should not be distributed to HIV-stricken Africa due to the occupants lacking a concept of time and clocks to properly facilitate the proper sequence of drug consumption.
  • Education and the Global Perspective

    • Students from the Hala Bint Khuwaylid secondary girl's school in the Amil district of Baghdad, pictured with new school bags containing pens, pencils, notebooks, calculators, and other school supplies: USAID is funding the purchase and distribution of 1.5 million school bags through a partnership with Creative Associates International.
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