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• Role of Environment in One Health security and National Health Security

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  "Across the world, ministries of environment and natural resources and/or environmental protection agencies have different mandates and missions, but many of them focus on the protection of the environment with the goal of protecting public health. Environmental health practitioners monitor food safety from farm to table: are responsible for vector and vermin monitoring and control; and monitor microbial and chemical pollution of the land, water, and air. Natural resource mangers monitor ecosystems and landscapes and the creatures that occupy them. They often see trends in the natural world before they are seen in the urban world. For example, unusual wildlife morbidity and mortality can indicate presence of pathogenic or toxic agents that could potentially be detrimental to human health. The environment sector is a valuable contributor in the promotion of population health and well-being, particularly in 'health security' efforts to prevent and prepare for endemic, epidemic, and pandemic threats."

  United States. Agency for International Development
• Agricultural Recovery Responses in Post-Pandemic Situations Arising from Major Animal and Plant Diseases

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  "The objectives of the ASRP are to provide a framework for the response and recovery options to mitigate the effects of the most harmful animal and plant diseases. As there have been decades of research conducted in this area, a literature research was conducted. The background literature, relevant websites and important reports are listed in Annexes A and B. The relevant website sources are provided to establish web-links to the USAID website and access links to 'must- read' manuals and reports. Chapter 2 outlines a framework for recovery options, and chapters 3 and 4 summarize the most important TADS and plant diseases, respectively. The transboundary plant and animal diseases reviewed here include: Those that are of significant economic, trade and/or food security importance for a considerable number of countries; which can easily spread to other countries and reach epidemic proportions; and where control/management, including exclusion, requires cooperation between several countries. Further, The impact of animal and plant diseases on agriculture can be assessed in quantitative terms - lost revenues; costs of eradication, decontamination, vaccination1 and restocking; and the numbers of affected farms, animals and humans. However, the effects are of multi-dimensional character and the societal effects are sometimes overlooked. While export trade losses in a developing country may be small in terms of the dollar amount, the impact upon its pre-epidemic market share is inevitably greater and more persistent."

  United States. Agency for International Development

  Martin, Jerry L., 1941-; Ardjosoediro, Ingrid; Reynolds, Christopher

  2008-06
• Hygiene Improvement and Avian Influenza

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  This U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) issue brief provides an overview of hygiene, prevention and control challenges for avian influenza and provides recommendations that can be made by policy makers & program managers, community leaders, and householders. The document also lists internet resources on avian influenza. "The Hygiene Improvement Project (HIP) is a five-year USAID--funded project led by the Academy for Educational Development, partnering with ARD Inc., the Manoff Group Inc., and IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre in the Netherlands. HIP aims to reduce diarrheal disease prevalence through the promotion of key hygiene improvement practices, such as hand washing, safe disposal of feces, and safe storage and treatment of drinking water at the household level, as well as the integration of hygiene improvement practices into HIV/AIDS and other health and non-health activities. With its emphasis on 'behavior first,' HIP identifies, promotes, and facilitates improved behaviors that have significant positive impact on health and are feasible for users."

  United States. Agency for International Development

  2007-05
• USAID from the American People [website]

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  "The United States 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. It is this caring that stands as a hallmark of the United States around the world -- and shows the world our true character as a nation. 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, the Foreign Assistance Act was signed into law and USAID was created by executive order. 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." The site also offers current information on recent catastrophes both domestically, and globally.

  United States. Agency for International Development
• Guide to the Drivers of Violent Extremism

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  "This publication explores the drivers of violent extremism (VE), with special reference to the Muslim world in the past three decades. This publication's primary objectives are to summarize what we know, and what we do not know, about the drivers of violent Islamist extremism (VIE)1; to pinpoint recurrent drivers across a wide variety of countries, so as to clue the analyst confronted with a particular situation to some of the potentially relevant dynamics and factors; and to identify some of the most common misconceptions or pitfalls in the study of VIE, so as to avoid potentially counter-productive approaches when designing development assistance programs with a counter-extremism component. This Guide does not discuss programmatic implications -- which, for reasons of space, will be developed in a separate, stand-alone document. The Guide developed out of a comprehensive literature review. While it did not involve significant new data collection, it endeavored to take into account existing data in books, articles, surveys and policy reports. Much of what is known about VIE is based on the experience of countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). South Asia also represents a significant source of relevant information. By contrast, much less is known about VIE in sub-Saharan Africa -- which, in comparison to the MENA and South Asia regions, has been relatively sheltered from it. Inevitably, therefore, this document reflects the imbalance that exists in sources and expertise."

  United States. Agency for International Development

  2009-02
• Field Operations Guide for Disaster Assessment and Response (Version 3.0)

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  The Field Operations Guide (FOG) contains information on general responsibilities for disaster responders, formats and reference material for assessing and reporting on populations at risk, DART position descriptions and duty checklists, sample tracking and accounting forms, descriptions of OFDA stockpile commodities, general information related to disaster activities, information on working with the military in the field, and a glossary of acronyms and terms used by OFDA and other organizations with which OFDA works.

  United States. Agency for International Development

  1998-03-25
• What Works to Prevent Violence Among Youth? A White Paper on Youth Violence, Crime, Prevention, and the Mexican Context

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  From the Executive Summary: "The goal of the report is to provide a framework for increasing the use of evidence-informed policy in youth violence prevention efforts across Mexico, with a focus on state and local levels. Where the existing evidence base is strong, there is a basis for adopting programs that have proven successful elsewhere. We also identify a category of interventions that have been adopted widely in Mexico but for which there is little clear evidence base (and in some cases, evidence that these interventions may be ineffective), and recommend that these be scaled down. Finally, we identify a set of challenges in the Mexican context for which there are no clear 'off-the-shelf ' solutions, and for these we try to identify promising opportunities for innovation. This report draws on an extensive literature review of over 264 studies. Throughout, we draw on evidence produced by studies that met a high bar for methodological standards: using randomized experimental or quasi-experimental methods with appropriately designed comparison groups. Randomized evaluations (often called randomized controlled trials, or RCTs), offer the highest quality of evidence because they provide us a clear basis for making causal claims about the impact of a program or intervention (that in the absence of randomization, we might worry was in fact a result of selection bias or other characteristics that were in some way linked to participation in the program). We have given the greatest weight to RCT evidence where it exists."

  United States. Agency for International Development

  2018-09
• Equity Action Plan Summary: U.S. Agency for International Development

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  From the Document: "As USAID [United States Agency for International Development] engages with its partners, USAID democratizes the development process by integrating equity into agency policies, strategies, and practices. USAID is enhancing the ability of nontraditional partners to pursue USAID opportunities, preventing discrimination in agency programs, and strengthening the agency's capacity to advance inclusive development in overseas programming."

  United States. Agency for International Development

  2022-04?
• EO 13985 USAID Agency Equity Action Plan

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  From the Executive Summary: "USAID's [United States Agency for International Development's] equity assessment submitted in August 2021 outlined findings and 61 preliminary recommendations that USAID could use, if approved, to advance a values-based approach, update rules and regulations, expand our partner base, and become more consultative to achieve the President's goals regarding racial and ethnic equity in a foreign assistance context. The USAID Agency Equity Team (AET) prioritized the following recommendations for inclusion in the Action Plan: 1) continued development of the WorkwithUSAID platform, 2) enhanced implementation of USAID's nondiscrimination for beneficiaries policy, development and implementation of an Independent Accountability Mechanism, and advancement of Title VI protections at USAID, 3) lowered internal and external barriers for USAID awards, to include reduction of acquisition and assistance administrative burdens that negatively affect partner capacity, 4) designation of an Inclusive Development (ID) Advisor at each Mission and procurement of inclusive development support mechanisms managed through the Agency's ID Hub, and 5) implementation of a consistent approach to incorporate racial and ethnic equity and diversity into policy, planning, and learning. Together, these actions help reframe the ways in which USAID partners democratize the development process by integrating equity into Agency policies, strategies, and practices; enhance the ability of potential non-traditional partners to pursue USAID opportunities; prevent discrimination in Agency programs; and strengthen the Agency's capacity to advance inclusive development in our overseas programming."

  United States. Agency for International Development

  2022-02-09
• Best Practices for Programming to Prevent Trafficking in Human Beings in Europe and Eurasia

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  "USAID commissioned an assessment of trafficking in persons prevention activities in the Europe and Eurasia region in order to develop a framework for trafficking prevention programs in the future. This report analyzes information gleaned from a review of existing documentation-project reports, evaluations, research, and the like-as well as information gathered during brief assessment missions to three countries of the region, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine. Accordingly, the results are limited by the information that was available and should be considered with this understanding in mind. One of the greatest limitations is a dearth of objective indicators measuring impact of trafficking prevention programs. Additionally, limitations in the time available to conduct this assessment restricted the researchers' ability to review materials and interview informants."

  United States. Agency for International Development

  Rosenberg, Ruth

  2004-09
• Trafficking in Persons: USAID's Response

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  "For the past five years, the U.S. Government has led a concerted international effort to combat trafficking in persons. The issue is now recognized as an abuse of human rights on a global scale, with governments, non-governmental organizations and international organizations engaged in the fight. Education about the issue, protection for victims and prosecution of traffickers has increased. […] Yet, serious challenges remain. First, there are still significant trafficking problems within individual countries exacerbated by corruption, weak rule of law, poverty, conflict, natural disasters, and lack of political will to tackle the problem. USAID continues to work on these issues as they affect trafficking directly, while ensuring that our anti-trafficking efforts are strengthened or reinforced by the other development programs we are funding. Secondly, the illicit, underground, and shifting nature of trafficking itself makes it difficult to know the extent of human trafficking both within countries and on a transnational scale. There is an effort within the U.S. Government to get better information and data on the extent of the problem. Third, human traffickers shift locations, routes, and tactics as risks to them increase, often making it difficult for law enforcement to track and control trafficking in persons. This difficulty is compounded by the cross-border nature of the problem. USAID encourages regional networks and better information sharing and communication between organizations working to eliminate trafficking. Finally, evaluating the effectiveness of anti-trafficking efforts is difficult because it entails trying to measure changes in the phenomenon without a baseline and trying to monitor the existence of an underground activity that is very mobile. In the future, USAID will put greater emphasis on innovative ways to meet the challenge of measuring impact."

  United States. Agency for International Development

  2006-03
• Adaptive Strategies for Flood and Drought Mitigation

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  "VIKSAT(Vikram Sarabhai Centre for Development Interaction) started the research project in the month of April 2003 with an orientation to the team formed for the purpose of carrying out field studies. The team consists of staff from three field offices viz., Bhuj, Bhiloda and Satlasana, under the overall coordination of one staff of the Head office and the Director providing guidance periodically. As has been shared with ISET, the research field areas consist of five villages each in Bhiloda and Satlasana talukas covering sample survey of 100 households each and ten villages in Bhuj Taluka covering 200 households. In all, the research studies cover 20 villages and 400 households."

  United States. Agency for International Development

  2003-06-30
• USAID's Compliance with Federal Regulations in Awarding the Health System Strengthening in Post-Conflict Iraq Contract

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  The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed a review to determine compliance with federal regulations in awarding the contract for health system strengthening in post-conflict Iraq to Abt Associates. The OIG determined that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) complied with the applicable federal regulations for authorizing other than full and open competition, assessing the contractor's ability to perform, conducting the presolicitation, selection and negotiation processes, and in making the award. While the OIG did note general compliance with procedures in making the award, the Office of Procurement (M/OP) did not obtain the advice of legal counsel in making a decision to exclude a firm, which met invitation criteria, from the solicitation. M/OP did not invite this firm because it already had a contract to provide personnel support for USAID's efforts in Iraq, and USAID was concerned that the existing personnel support contract might result in an actual or apparent conflict of interest with this health contract. However, M/OP did not, as specified in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), obtain the advice of counsel in evaluating this perceived conflict of interest and in making the decision to exclude this firm. Such an opinion from USAID's general counsel (GC) would help to ensure that USAID had an adequate basis for its decision.

  United States. Agency for International Development

  2003-10-17
• U.S. International Food Assistance Report 2001

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  The U.S. is committed to achieving global food security through its international food assistance policy. Such a policy strives to promote U.S. strength and worldwide leadership in agriculture and to impact the U.S. economy favorable. Public Law 480, the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, commonly known as Food for Peace, is the principal instrument for U.S. international food assistance. The law comprises several titles; each has specific objectives and provides commodity assistance to countries at different levels of economic development.

  United States. Agency for International Development

  2002-09
• Psychological Support for Children and Teenagers After the Beslan Tragedy

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  "The terrorist attack in Beslan in Republic of North Ossetia/Alania surpassed in its cruelty and brutality everything that had occurred before. On September 1, 2004, a group of terrorists captured 1128 people (more than half of them -- children) and kept them hostage for three days in the building of Beslan school # 1. During the entire time, they neither gave the hostages food nor water. The standoff with the terrorists ended with an explosion, a fire and a storming of the building. More than 300 hostages died, and those who survived were wounded during the storming. In this book we describe our experience of providing psychological help to the victims. We hope it is useful for experts who work with children and teenagers who have endured various psychological traumas -- not necessarily as heavy as that one suffered by Beslan hostages."

  United States. Agency for International Development

  Venger, A. L. (Aleksandr Leonidovich); Morozova, E. I.
• Central America and Mexico Gang Assessment: Annex 4: Southern and Northern Borders of Mexico Profile

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  This document is Annex #4 to the principal USAID "Central America and Mexico Gang Assessment" report and covers the country of Mexico. "Over the last two decades, Mexico has undergone a profound political transition, spurred largely by electoral reforms. The defeat of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) in the 2000 presidential elections was a watershed moment for the country, as President Vincente Fox's National Action Party ousted the PRI from 71 years of unbroken Mexican rule. Since then, Mexico has seen an evolution in many of its institutions, including more independence for the media, the weakening of the dominant political party, and dismantling of a controlling state apparatus. Despite the advances that have been made, government corruption and impunity still weaken the country. The police and military are under state control, and corruption persists throughout police ranks. Despite the government's general respect for human rights, there are still many problems, especially in Guerrero, Chiapas, and Oaxaca. In 2004, for example, state law enforcement officials were accused of unlawful and vigilante killings and disappearances. Mexico has the highest incidence of kidnapping in the world, with an unofficial estimate of 3,000 kidnappings during 2004, some with alleged police involvement. […] Violent crime is a critical issue. At the national level, the rate of homicides varies between 11 and 14 per 100,000 people, depending on data from the justice or health sectors. This places Mexico slightly above the category of 10 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants, which the World Health Organization considers 'epidemic'."

  United States. Agency for International Development

  Sibaja, Harold; Roig, Enrique; Herrera, Rafaela

  2006-04
• Central America and Mexico Gang Assessment: Annex 5: Nicaragua Profile

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  This document is Annex #5 to the principal USAID "Central America and Mexico Gang Assessment" report and covers the country of Nicaragua. "Nicaragua's gang problems are much different from those of its neighbors to the north. The level of violence reported in El Salvador, Honduras, or Guatemala is not found in the country. This is remarkable, given the number of weapons cached from the conflict in the 1980s. During this time, the population migrated from rural areas to urban areas, and gangs began to form in urban neighborhoods as a mechanism of survival. By the mid- 1990s, neighborhood gangs were prevalent in many cities. Gangs, or pandillas, saw themselves as motivated by their 'love for the neighborhood.' Gang criminal tendencies were mugging, pick pocketing, shoplifting, and other low-level crimes. Gang warfare was waged between rival gangs in many of the 600 neighborhoods and squatter settlements in and around Managua. Confrontations with other gangs would start with sticks and stone-throwing and eventually escalate to guns, fragmentation grenades, and mortars. Neighborhoods became war zones, and people were reluctant to leave their homes unless necessary. Drug use was a part of the gang culture, although it was usually limited to marijuana, glue sniffing, and alcohol. By the early 2000s, Nicaraguan youth gangs became involved in the narco-trafficking trade that had existed along the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua for decades. Gangs were involved in local wholesaling and pushing on the streets."

  United States. Agency for International Development

  Sibaja, Harold; Roig, Enrique; Rajaraman, Anu

  2006-04
• Disaster Risk Reduction - East Asia and the Pacific

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  "The East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region comprises 32 countries, with varying climates, levels of development and capacity, and vulnerabilities to hazards. The region experiences seasonal periods of increased hydrometeorological activity through cyclones, typhoons, and monsoon rains, which can result in significant damage and increase the risk of floods and landslides. Many EAP countries situated along the Pacific Ring of Fire experience seismic risks from earthquakes and associated tsunamis, as well as volcanic activity that occasionally can prompt wide-scale evacuations. As in previous years, in FY 2011, USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) responded to these disasters and funded disaster risk reduction (DRR) programs to build the capacity of communities to prepare for and respond to emergencies. Following the creation of EAP as a separate and distinct USAID/OFDA region in FY 2010, USAID/OFDA launched a new EAP DRR strategy that emphasizes context-specific, strategic programs designed to meet specific gaps in each country, with capacity building as a consistent theme in all programs. In FY 2011, USAID/OFDA began to scale up implementation of this strategy through a number of new initiatives, while maintaining several regional programs that complement country-specific activities and align with the overall goal to build capacity throughout the region. During FY 2011, USAID/OFDA provided nearly $8.2 million for DRR projects throughout EAP, as well as a disaster response program with DRR components."

  United States. Agency for International Development

  2011-09-30
• Fighting Ebola: A Grand Challenge for Development [website]

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  This website, created by the Agency for International Development, shares ideas that "deliver practical and cost-effective innovations in a matter of months. Regardless of background, experience or knowledge or Ebola, your bold thinking is necessary to address this crisis, to improve delivery of care, and stem the spread of disease."

  United States. Agency for International Development

  2014
• Information Regarding Care and Evacuation of International Responders

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  "The United States is building a high quality 25-bed hospital in Monrovia (the 'Monrovia Medical Unit', or 'MMU'), staffed by licensed physicians and other health care professionals from the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps that will prioritize Ebola care for Liberian and international health care workers and the international UN and NGO [Non Governmental organization] staff supporting those efforts. Health care workers include nurses, physician assistants, physicians, epidemiologists, contact tracers, phlebotomists and laboratory staff, persons manning safe burial teams, and those working in ETUs for cleaning, disinfecting and decontaminating areas and items that may put them at high risk of infection with Ebola. In addition to providing a high-level of care in Liberia, the Department of State has entered into a commercial contract that provides the capability to evacuate up to two patients requiring biocontainment per week based on suspected or confirmed Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), if medically necessary, and on a reimbursable basis. This capacity has so far met the demand for EVD medical evacuation from West Africa; we expect to add a second MEDEVAC aircraft by early November."

  United States. Agency for International Development

  2014-10-21
• USAID Sucess Story: Mitigating Drought and Cyclone Effects in Mozambique

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  "In recent years, Mozambique has suffered from frequent and prolonged droughts as well as periodic cyclones. Such natural disasters not only harm crops, thus affecting livelihoods and resulting in food insecurity, but also deprive communities of access to safe water, increasing the risk of waterborne diseases. From 2006 to early 2009, USAID/OFDA [United States Agency for International Development/Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance] provided more than $1.4 million to implementing partner International Relief and Development (IRD) for activities supporting community management of water-harvesting systems and conservation farming to mitigate the effects of droughts and cyclones in Inhambane Province, southern Mozambique."

  United States. Agency for International Development

  2009-10-21
• USAID Policy on Cooperation with the Department of Defense

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  "This policy updates the Civilian-Military Cooperation Policy issued in July 2008,which established the foundation for cooperation between the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United States Department of Defense (DoD). The 2008 policy established civilian-military cooperation as fundamental to a whole-of-government approach to contemporary national security challenges in keeping with the increasingly important role of development in advancing national security priorities along with defense and diplomacy. This document builds upon the 2008 policy and incorporates what USAID has learned from working with DoD into updated and expanded guidance for all USAID personnel. Increasingly, USAID and DoD share the same operating space. In order to cooperate effectively in the diverse places where USAID and DoD personnel find each other, it is important to draw upon lessons from experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan and from cooperation in other countries and regions where we have worked together, including Colombia, the Philippines, the Balkans, and the Sahel. This policy document articulates a set of guiding principles to establish parameters for USAID cooperation with DoD and clarifies the context for that cooperation. These are followed by a set of operating principles, which articulate how that cooperation takes place in the form of cooperative structures and personnel exchanges and across USAID's Program Cycle, which includes policy and strategy development, planning, project design and implementation, evaluation and monitoring, and learning and adapting."

  United States. Agency for International Development

  2015-06
• United States Government Fact Sheet: Libya Complex Emergency

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  This fact sheet provides information on the humanitarian issues of the 2011 emergency in Libya. From Context: "In mid-February, following civilian demonstrations in Tunisia and Egypt, the people of Libya began protesting against the Muammar Qadhafi-led Libyan government. As unrest rapidly spread throughout the country, Libyan security forces under the authority of Muammar Qadhafi began responding to protesting crowds with increasing violence. Ongoing violence has resulted in large-scale population outflows to neighboring countries, protection concerns, and global outcry from the international community regarding human rights violations. On March 1, the U.N. General Assembly unanimously suspended Libya's membership in the U.N. Human Rights Council. In addition, the U.N. Security Council passed a resolution on March 17 establishing a no-fly zone over Libya and authorizing member states to take 'all necessary measures' to protect civilians under threat of attack. On March 31, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) assumed full command of military operations in Libya."

  United States. Agency for International Development

  2011-05-26?
• Development Response to Violent Extremism and Insurgency

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  "This policy on 'The Development Response to Violent Extremism and Insurgency' is the first of its kind produced by USAID [United States Agency for International Development]. Its purpose is to provide a policy framework that USAID can use to improve the effectiveness of its development tools in responding to violent extremism and insurgency, as well as its capacity to interact constructively with its interagency and other partners in these challenging environments. The policy will also help USAID focus more tightly on capacity building and sustainability which are critical to our long-term security and development goals. The policy defines terms necessary for a shared understanding within USAID of these challenges and differentiates at a general level between a development response to violent extremism and a development response to insurgency. At the same time, it acknowledges that each situation is different and that these terms and the development response will need to be defined and understood in their particular context and guided by U.S. foreign policy. […] The policy affirms the importance of the development discipline to, and USAID's distinct and critical role in, addressing these critical national security and development challenges. This includes USAID's focus on sustainability and building ownership and capacity at all levels. If applied correctly, a development response can serve as an effective tool to address these issues."

  United States. Agency for International Development

  2011-09
• Aceh Community-Based Recovery Initiative

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  Outlines USAID's strategy for recovery in Aceh following the 2004 earthquake and ensuing tsunami.

  United States. Agency for International Development

  2005-05-12?
• Tsunami Reconstruction

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  " Summary of Major Reconstruction Projects Underway: [1] Rehabilitation of 80 km of economically strategic road in Aceh, Indonesia; [2] Reconstruction of the 160-meter Arugam Bay Bridge in Sri Lanka which was destroyed by the tsunami; [3] Development of a Thailand-based tsunami early warning system designed to save lives across the region; [4] In India over 50 children's day care, recreation and non-formal education centers were established to help meet the needs of 25,000 children."

  United States. Agency for International Development

  2006-04-24
• Hurricane Ivan Recovery Program in Jamaica

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  USAID's [United States Agency for International Development] hurricane recovery program for Jamaica, with its emphases on speed, self-help and building back better, assists the people of Jamaica to quickly recover, rebuild and reinvigorate economic growth. LLIS Core Capability: 2004: Florida Hurricanes

  United States. Agency for International Development

  2005-06-30?
• Tsunami Relief Situation Report

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  This report describes the events of the Tsunami from start to finish as well as subsequent relief efforts.

  United States. Agency for International Development

  2005-01-01?
• USAID Fact Sheet: Tsunami Reconstruction Plan

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  "The USG [U.S. Government] Tsunami Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Plan seeks to save lives, support host government-led reconstruction efforts and advance a wide range of U.S. foreign policy and development interests. As final needs assessments are concluded and other donor and host, country reconstruction plans are refined, the USG sees a historic opportunity to transform, simmering conflicts through a healing process that solidifies and unifies communities., The reconstruction efforts of the USG will support five main program areas: Relief, Transition, from Camps to Communities, Infrastructure (Small & Large-Scale), Early Warning System, and Technical Assistance/Good Governance and Reconciliation."

  United States. Agency for International Development

  2005-06-23
• Hurricane Ivan Recovery Program in Grenada Quarterly Report for the Period Ending June 30, 2005

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  This quarterly report provides an update to the U.S. Agency for International Development's recovery program to Grenada in the aftermath of Hurricane Ivan, which devastated the island in September 2004.

  United States. Agency for International Development

  2005-06-30