USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives After 15 Years: Issues for Congress

Lawson, Marian L.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Foreign aid;    Disaster relief;    Emergency management;    International affairs;    Budgets;   

RP-ID  :  R40600
RP-ID  :  R40600_2009May27

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives' (OTI's) origin, its past and present activities, and issues about the program's impact, structure, and role within USAID that may be of interest to Congress. OTI's activities are overtly political, based on the idea that in the midst of political crisis and instability abroad there are local agents of change whose efforts, when supported by timely and creative U.S. assistance, can tip the balance toward peaceful and democratic outcomes that advance U.S. foreign policy objectives.