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| On March 4, 2008, representatives from USAID, CAPACITY, the Turkmenistan Ministry of Health and Medical Industry and the Turkmenistan Youth Union gathered in front of the newly opened HIV/AIDS Prevention Center in downtown Ashgabat. Read more |
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. Spending less than one-half of 1 percent of the federal budget, USAID works around the world to achieve these goals.
USAID's history goes back to the Marshall Plan reconstruction of Europe after World War Two and the Truman Administration's Point Four Program. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed the Foreign Assistance Act into law and created by executive order USAID.
Since that time, USAID has been the principal U.S. agency to extend assistance to countries recovering from disaster, trying to escape poverty, and engaging in democratic reforms.
USAID is an independent federal government agency that receives overall foreign policy guidance from the Secretary of State. Our Work supports long-term and equitable economic growth and advances U.S. foreign policy objectives by supporting:
- economic growth, agriculture and trade
- global health; and
- democracy, conflict prevention and humanitarian assistance
For more details on our activities in Turkmenistan, please see the USAID Turkmenistan Country Profile, Fact Sheet: USAID Programs in Turkmenistan and Turkmenistan Portfolio Overview.
USAID News and Press Releases
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