Foreign Assistance
Foreign Assistance 1 Foreign Assistance; Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: The United States Agency for International Development Global Environment of Business November 27, 2002 Foreign Assistance 2 Foreign Assistance; Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an independent federal government agency which dates back to 1961. ... foreign policy by supporting economic growth (agriculture and trade), global health, and democracy, conflict prevention, and humanitarian assistance (www. ... In this paper I will provide a history of the USAID, the objectives it strives for, and some of the many accomplishments the USAID has achieved through its foreign assistance programs. Foreign assistance aid and programs are an important part of the U. ... foreign policy and they lead to a shift towards globalization in the world marketplace. USAID provides support and carries out many of the foreign assistance programs that are leading towards an increase in the global world economy. ... The Marshall Plan was a short term foreign Foreign Assistance 3 assistance program. ... did not have a foreign assistance program dedicated to a long-term goal at this time. ... Kennedy brought the Foreign Assistance Act before Congress. This new act would reorganize the United States foreign aid programs, military and non-military. The act was passed by Congress, but it needed an agency to administer these new economic assistance programs. ... agency to offer a long-term goal for foreign assistance programs to aid in the economic development of developing countries. ... The IDCA held this job until 1998 when the Foreign Affairs and Reconstructing Act of 1998 was passed. ... Foreign assistance programs have been an important issue to the U. ... Foreign Assistance 4 Objectives This section explains where USAID is located and its goals in these areas. ... USAID provides assistance in four major regions of the world. ... Foreign Assistance 5 Asia and the Near East Asia and the Near East is the second region USAID provides support to. ... Foreign Assistance 6 Europe and Eurasia The last region USAID provides support to is the Europe and Eurasia region. ... Another success story, which was also found on Foreign Assistance 7 USAID’s website, was in Almaty, Kazakistan. ... One of the main contributors to this increase has been the growth of the internet and World Wide Foreign Assistance 8 Web (Stephens, 1999).