Book Description
This comprehensive set of three CD-ROMs provides a thorough review of the foreign aid administered by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). America 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. 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. Coverage includes: Organization; FAQs; Directory; Partner Resources; Inspector General; Employment; Reform and Reorganization; Publications; Student Internships; Business & Procurement; Budget; Development; Small & Disadvantaged Business; USAID Policies and Procedures; U.S. Higher Education.
USAID Activities covered include: Office of American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA); Democracy & Governance; Disaster Assistance; Economic Growth & Agriculture; Education & Training; Evaluations; Environment; Food for Peace; Global Development Alliance; Global Health; HIV/AIDS; Information Technology; Private & Voluntary Cooperation; Transition Initiatives; Women in Development; Millennium Challenge Account; Africa Food Crisis; Global Coffee Crisis.
USAID regions covered include: Africa; Asia & the Near East; Europe & Eurasia; Latin America, Caribbean; for each region USAID information is provided for each Country, aid Sector (Agriculture, Economic Growth, etc.) plus Success Stories and Publications.
USAID documents include: Operation Days Work: Students; History of Foreign Assistance; Marshall Plan; USAID's 40th Anniversary; Policy Briefs; Issue Briefs; Disaster Situation Reports include Afghanistan, Ivory Coast, India, Sudan, Uganda, Eritrea.
USAID publications include: A Decade of Change in Europe and Eurasia; Africa Bureau Publications; 1995 through 2001 Agency Performance Reports; Bureau for Africa Publications; Global Health Publications; Populations & Health Publications; DCOF/LWVF Reports & Publications; Democracy & Governance: Technical Publications; OTI Publications; Women in Development Publications & Research; USAID Environmental Publications; Office of PVC Publications; Annual Performance Plans, 2000 and 2001; Automated Directives Systems (ADS)-Formerly the USAID Handbooks; Conflict Prevention; Congressional Budget Justifications and Congressional Presentations 1997 through 2003; Creating Opportunities for US Small Business; USAID Disaster Assistance Annual Reports 1998 through 2001; Famine Prevention and Freedom from Hunger Report to Congress on Title XII-Fiscal year 2000; Foreign Aid in the National Interest; FrontLines monthly USAID newsletter; HIV/AIDS and Children; Successful Development: Models for the 21st Century; USAID Accountability Reports, 1998, 2000, and 2001; USAID Yellow Book (directory of contracts, grants and cooperative agreements with universities, firms and non-profit institutions); Bioprospecting and Biodiversity Conservation; Farm Forestry: Cultivating Trees as Crops; Tropical Reforestation and Carbon Sequestration; Ecotourism and Biodiversity Conservation; Environmental Trusts and Endowments; Aftermath: Women and Women's Organizations in Postconflict Societies; Complex Humanitarian Emergencies and Humanitarian Response; Education for Girls in Pakistan; Food Aid in Ethiopia; Democratic Local Governance in Philippines; World Well-Being, 1950-1995; Scientific Cooperation and Peace Building; Linking Democracy and Development; Handbook on Fighting Corruption.
In all, the three-disc set has over 116,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Apple Macintosh systems. Reader software is included on the CD. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, and portable. (Please note that this CD-ROM set is also available under another title as ISBN 1592482384.)
Our CD-ROMs are privately-compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed or printed without untold hours of tedious searching and downloading. Vast archives of important public domain government information that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. This book-on-a-disc set makes a great reference work and educational tool for anyone interested in foreign aid and the work of USAID.