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This is USAID
By Randy Miller
The United States has a long history of extending 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. It is this caring that stands as a hallmark of the United States around the world — and shows the world our true character as a nation.
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. Spending less than one-half of 1 percent of the federal budget, USAID works around the world to achieve these goals.
USAID’s history goes back to the Marshall Plan reconstruction of Europe after World War Two and the Truman Administration’s Point Four Program. In 1961, the Foreign Assistance Act was signed into law and USAID was created by executive order.
Since that time, USAID has been the principal U.S. agency to extend assistance to countries recovering from disaster, trying to escape poverty, and engaging in democratic reforms.
USAID is an independent federal government agency that receives overall foreign policy guidance from the Secretary of State. Their Work supports long-term and equitable economic growth and advances U.S. foreign policy objectives by supporting:
- economic growth, agriculture and trade;
- global health; and,
- democracy, conflict prevention and humanitarian assistance.
USAID provides assistance in five regions of the world:
- Sub-Saharan Africa;
- Asia;
- Latin America and the Caribbean,
- Europe and Eurasia; and
- The Middle East.
With headquarters in Washington, D.C., USAID’s strength is its field offices around the world. USAID works in close partnership with private voluntary organizations, indigenous organizations, universities, American businesses, international agencies, other governments, and other U.S. government agencies. USAID has working relationships with more than 3,500 American companies and over 300 U.S.-based private voluntary organizations.
Veterans Opportunities
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) provides employment opportunities for men and women who honorably served on behalf of our Nation. We are committed to recruiting and employing qualified veterans, and we actively recruit eligible veterans for suitable jobs.
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Posted by Randy Miller on Jul 11 2010, With 0 Reads, Filed under Economy, Jobs & Careers. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.
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