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

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.