United States International Development Cooperation Agency

UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AGENCY

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20523-0001

Phone, 202-712-0000

Director, U.S. International Development J. Brian Atwood, Cooperation Agency Acting

Deputy Director (vacancy)

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20523-0001

Phone, 202-712-0000. Internet, http://www.info.usaid.gov/.

Administrator J. Brian Atwood

Deputy Administrator Harriet C. Babbitt

Counselor Kelly C. Kammerer

Chief of Staff Richard L. McCall, Jr.

Executive Secretary Ryan Conroy

Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Thomas H. Fox

Policy and Program Coordination

Assistant Administrator for Management Terrence J. Brown

Assistant Administrator for Africa Carol Peasley, Acting

Assistant Administrator for Asia and the Near Kelly C. Kammerer, East Acting

Assistant Administrator for Europe and the New Donald L. Pressley, Independent States Acting

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/Minority Resource Center

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. Internet, http://www.opic.gov/.

President and Chief Executive Officer George Munoz

Executive Vice President Kirk Robertson

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 Julie A. Martin

Vice President, Investment Funds Robert D. Stillman

Managing Director for Administration Michael C. Cushing

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.

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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 environment, particularly loss of biodiversity and climate change; and promoting sustainable economic growth locally, nationally, and regionally by addressing environmental, economic, and...