What is the Agency for International Development?

"What is the Agency for International Development?"

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is the United states federal government agency primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid. President John F. Kennedy created USAID in 1961 by executive order to implement development assistance programs in the areas authorized by the congress in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. An independent federal agency, USAID receives overall foreign policy guidance from the United States Secretary of State and seeks to "extend 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...."

USAID supports economic growth, agriculture and trade; health;democracy, conflict prevention, and humanitarian assiatance. It provides assistance in Sub-Saharan Africa;Asia and the Near East, Latin America and the Caribbean,Europe , and Euresia.