At Freedom's Frontiers
President Bush has made freedom and democracy a central focus of his administration,
and as the major implementer of U.S. democracy and governance programs,
USAID is advancing the president’s
freedom agenda. With decades of experience, we have extensive knowledge about how durable democracies are built, and we have accomplished much.
Democracy and governance are core elements of Agency goals. USAID has played a significant role in supporting the civic activists and political reformers who have led their countries to greater freedom. After September 11, 2001, the Agency initiated new democracy programs in Afghanistan and Iraq and expanded support for political reform elsewhere in the Muslim world. To fulfill the president’s vision, the Agency will continue to leverage knowledge gained from past experience and engage fully to meet future challenges.
Today USAID is the largest democracy
donor, implementing $1.2 billion of programs in FY 2004. Programs are developed in cooperation with the State Department, the National Security
Council, and U.S. embassies. USAID knows that building demand for and sustaining democracy is strongly reinforced by economic opportunity and prosperity and healthy, educated populations. That is why we also emphasize
these core elements of human development alongside our democracy investments.
View the Reaching for Democracy Discussion Conference transcript (01/10/06).
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