United States International Development Cooperation Agency
UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AGENCY
320 Twenty-first Street NW., Washington, DC 20523-0001
Phone, 202-647-1850
Director, U.S. International Development J. Brian Atwood, Cooperation Agency Acting
Deputy Director (vacancy)
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
320 Twenty-first Street NW., Washington, DC 20523-0001
Phone, 202-647-1850
Administrator J. Brian Atwood
Deputy Administrator (vacancy)
Counselor Kelly C. Kammerer
Chief of Staff Richard L. McCall, Jr.
Executive Secretary Ryan Conroy
Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Kelly C. Kammerer, Policy and Program Coordination Acting
Assistant Administrator for Management Larry E. Byrne
Assistant Administrator for Africa Carol Peasley
Assistant Administrator for Asia and the Near Margaret Carpenter
East
Assistant Administrator for Europe and the New Thomas A. Dine
Independent States
Assistant Administrator for Latin America and Mark Schneider
the Caribbean
Assistant Administrator for Humanitarian Leonard M. Rogers, Response Acting
Assistant Administrator for Global Programs, Sally Shelton
Field Support, and Research
Assistant Administrator for Legislative and Jill Buckley
Public Affairs
Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Ivan R. Ashley
Business Utilization
Director, Office of Equal Opportunity Programs Jessalyn L. Pendarvis
General Counsel Singleton B. McAllister
Inspector General Jeffrey Rush, Jr.
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION
1100 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20527
Phone, 202-336-8400. Fax, 202-408-9859
President and Chief Executive Officer Mildred O. Callear, Acting
Executive Vice President (vacancy)
Vice President, Investment Development Robert L. Schiffer
Vice President and General Counsel Charles D. Toy
Vice President and Treasurer Mildred O. Callear
Vice President, Finance Frank L. Langhammer
Vice President, Insurance Daniel W. Riordan
Vice President, Investment Funds Robert D. Stillman
Vice President, Management Services William C. Moss
Chairman of the Board J. Brian Atwood
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The United States International Development Cooperation Agency (IDCA) was established by Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1979 (5 U.S.C. app., effective October 1, 1979) to be a focal point within the U.S. Government for economic matters affecting U.S. relations with developing countries. The Agency's functions are policy planning, policymaking, and policy coordination on international economic issues affecting developing countries. The Director of the Agency serves as the principal international development adviser to the President and the Secretary of State, receiving foreign policy guidance from the Secretary of State. The U.S. Agency for International Development and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation are component agencies of the U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency.
Agency for International Development
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) administers U.S. foreign economic and humanitarian assistance programs worldwide in the developing world, Central and Eastern Europe, and the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union. The Agency functions under an Administrator, who concurrently serves as the Acting Director of IDCA.
Programs
The Agency meets its post-Cold War era challenges by utilizing its strategy for achieving sustainable development in developing countries. It supports programs in four areas: population and health, broad-based economic growth, environment, and democracy. It also provides humanitarian assistance and aid to countries in crisis and transition.
Population and Health The Agency contributes to a cooperative global effort to stabilize world population growth and support women's reproductive rights. The types of population and health programs supported vary with the particular needs of individual countries and the kinds of approaches that local communities initiate and support. Most USAID resources are directed to the following areas: support for voluntary
family planning systems, reproductive health care, needs of adolescents and young adults, infant and child health, and education for girls and women.
Economic Growth The Agency promotes broad-based economic growth by addressing the factors that enhance the capacity for growth and by working to remove the obstacles that stand in the way of individual opportunity. In this context, programs concentrate on strengthening market economies, expanding economic opportunities for the less advantaged in developing countries, and building human skills and capacities to facilitate broad-based participation.
Environment The Agency's environmental programs support two strategic goals: reducing long-term threats to the global...
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