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U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 537 sheets and case studies also are to 5:30 p.m. Copies of completed studies available. An annual report summarizes may be purchased through the the Agency’s activities. Department of Commerce’s National Agency news, reports, and lists of Technical Information Service at upcoming events are available at www.ntis.gov. www.ustda.gov. USTDA’s library maintains final Regional program inquiries should be reports on the Agency’s activities. The directed to the assigned Country reports are available for public review Manager. Phone, 703–875–4357. Fax, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. 703–875–4009. E-mail, [email protected]. For further information, contact the Trade and Development Agency, Suite 1600, 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22209–3901. Phone, 703–875–4357. Fax, 703–875–4009. E-mail, [email protected]. Internet, www.ustda.gov. UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20523 Phone, 202–712–0000. Internet, www.usaid.gov. Administrator HENRIETTA H. FORE Deputy Administrator JAMES KUNDER, Acting Counselor LISA CHILES Chief Operating Officer ALONZO FULGHAM Executive Secretary and Chief of Staff MADELYN MARCHESSAULT Assistant Administrator for Africa KATHERINE ALMQUIST Assistant Administrator for Asia and the Near (VACANCY) East Assistant Administrator for Democracy, MICHAEL HESS Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance Assistant Administrator for Economic Growth, JACQUELINE E. SCHAFER Agriculture and Trade Assistant Administrator for Europe and Eurasia DOUGLAS MENARCHIK Assistant Administrator for Global Health KENT R. HILL Assistant Administrator for Latin America and JOSE CARDENAS, Acting the Caribbean Assistant Administrator for Legislative and JEFFREY GREICO, Acting Public Affairs Assistant Administrator for Management SEAN MULVANEY Director of Office of Development Partners KAREN TURNER Director of Security RANDY STREUFERT Director of Equal Opportunity Programs JESSALYN L. PENDARVIS Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business MAURICIO VERA Utilization/Minority Resource Center VerDate Aug 31 2005 10:56 Sep 04, 2008 Jkt 214669 PO 00000 Frm 00547 Fmt 6997 Sfmt 6995 M:\GOVMAN\214669CX\MAN08.095 APPS10 PsN: MAN08 dkrause on GSDDPC44 with DEFAULT 538 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL General Counsel ALAN SWENDIMAN Inspector General DONALD A. GAMBATESA [For the Agency for International Development statement of organization, see the Federal Register of Aug. 26, 1987, 52 FR 32174] The U.S. Agency for International Development administers U.S. foreign economic and humanitarian assistance programs worldwide in the developing world, Central and Eastern Europe, and Eurasia. The United States Agency for way of individual opportunity. In this International Development (USAID) is an context, programs concentrate on independent Federal agency established strengthening market economies, by 22 U.S.C. 6563. Its principal statutory expanding economic opportunities for authority is the Foreign Assistance Act of the disadvantaged in developing 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2151 et countries, and building human skills and seq.). USAID serves as the focal point capacities to facilitate broad-based within the Government for economic participation. matters affecting U.S. relations with Environment The Agency’s developing countries. USAID administers environmental programs support two international economic and strategic goals: reducing long-term humanitarian assistance programs. The threats to the global environment, Administrator is under the direct particularly loss of biodiversity and authority and foreign policy guidance of climate change; and promoting the Secretary of State. sustainable economic growth locally, nationally, and regionally by addressing Programs environmental, economic, and The Agency meets its post-cold war era developmental practices that impede challenges by utilizing its strategy for development and are unsustainable. achieving sustainable development in Globally, Agency programs focus on developing countries. It supports reducing sources and enhancing sinks of programs in four areas: population and greenhouse gas emissions and on health, broad-based economic growth, promoting innovative approaches to the environment, and democracy. It also conservation and sustainable use of the provides humanitarian assistance and aid planet’s biological diversity. The to countries in crisis and transition. approach to national environmental Population and Health The Agency problems differs on a country-by-country contributes to a cooperative global effort basis, depending on a particular to stabilize world population growth and country’s environmental priorities. support women’s reproductive rights. Country strategies may include The types of population and health improving agricultural, industrial, and programs supported vary with the natural resource management practices particular needs of individual countries that play a central role in environmental and the kinds of approaches that local degradation; strengthening public communities initiate and support. Most policies and institutions to protect the USAID resources are directed to the environment; holding dialogs with following areas: support for voluntary country governments on environmental family planning systems, reproductive issues and with international agencies on health care, needs of adolescents and the environmental impact of lending young adults, infant and child health, practices and the design and and education for girls and women. implementation of innovative Economic Growth The Agency mechanisms to support environmental promotes broad-based economic growth work; and environmental research and by addressing the factors that enhance education. the capacity for growth and by working Democracy The Agency’s strategic to remove the obstacles that stand in the objective in the democracy area is the VerDate Aug 31 2005 10:56 Sep 04, 2008 Jkt 214669 PO 00000 Frm 00548 Fmt 6997 Sfmt 6995 M:\GOVMAN\214669CX\MAN08.096 APPS10 PsN: MAN08 dkrause on GSDDPC44 with DEFAULT U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 539 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR COUNSELOR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICE OF CHIEF OFFICER DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION PARTNERS OFFICER OFFICE OF EQUAL OFFICE OF THE OPPORTUNITY GENERAL PROGRAMS COUNSEL OFFICE OF SMALL OFFICE OF AND DISADVANTAGED OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR BUSINESS/MINORITY SECURITY GENERAL RESOURCE CENTER BUREAU FOR BUREAU FOR AFRICA ASIA AND THE NEAR EAST BUREAU FOR BUREAU FOR LATIN AMERICA EUROPE AND AND THE EURASIA CARIBBEAN BUREAU FOR BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, ECONOMIC BUREAU FOR CONFLICT AND GROWTH, GLOBAL HEALTH HUMANITARIAN AGRICULTURE ASSISTANCE AND TRADE BUREAU FOR BUREAU FOR POLICY BUREAU FOR LEGISLATIVE AND AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT PUBLIC AFFAIRS COORDINATION OVERSEAS MISSIONS VerDate Aug 31 2005 10:56 Sep 04, 2008 Jkt 214669 PO 00000 Frm 00549 Fmt 6997 Sfmt 6995 M:\GOVMAN\214669CX\MAN08.096 APPS10 PsN: MAN08 dkrause on GSDDPC44 with DEFAULT E21fiMDSUfl4669fiMDNMfl.065 540 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL transition to and consolidation of are headed by a regional development democratic regimes throughout the officer. world. Programs focus on such problems Development Assistance Coordination as human rights abuses; misperceptions and Representative Offices provide about democracy and free-market liaison with various international capitalism; lack of experience with organizations and represent U.S. interests democratic institutions; the absence or in development assistance matters. Such weakness of intermediary organizations; offices may be only partially staffed by nonexistent, ineffectual, or undemocratic Agency personnel and may be headed political parties; disenfranchisement of by employees of other U.S. Government women, indigenous peoples, and agencies. minorities; failure to implement national Country Organizations—U.S. Agency for charter documents; powerless or poorly International Development defined democratic institutions; tainted elections; and the inability to resolve Country Officer in Charge 1 conflicts peacefully. Afghanistan ........................... Skip Waskin (MD) Humanitarian Assistance and Post-Crisis Albania .................................. Ted Landau (MD) Angola .................................. Diana Swain (MD) Transitions The Agency provides Armenia ................................ Robin Phillips (MD) humanitarian assistance that saves lives, Azerbaijan ............................. James Goggin (CPO) Bangladesh ........................... Gene George (MD) reduces suffering, helps victims return to Barbados .............................. Jim Goggin (MD) self-sufficiency, and reinforces Belarus ................................. Chuck Howell (CPO) Benin .................................... Rudy Thomas (MD) democracy. Programs focus on disaster Bolivia ................................... Michael Yates (MD) prevention, preparedness, and Bosnia ................................... Jane Nandy (MD) Brazil ..................................... Jennifer Adams (MD) mitigation; timely delivery of disaster Bulgaria ................................ Michael Fritz (MD) relief and short-term rehabilitation Cambodia ............................. Erin Soto (MD) Colombia .............................. Liliana Ayalde (MD) supplies