U.S. foreign assistance reference guide

This guide has been prepared under the direction of the State-USAID Joint Policy Council as a general foreign assistance reference tool for managers. It is designed to meet the need for increased expertise in development work on the part of practitioners of diplomacy. State and USAID established the Joint Policy Council to strengthen the links between foreign assisƯtance and the foreign policy goals and objectives set forth in the State-USAID FY 2004-2009 Strategic Plan. Implementing the State/USAID Strategic Plan demands the best possible synchroƯnization of diplomacy and foreign assistance programming. What follows is a partial collection of basic information, figures and principles underpinning 19 core accounts in five categories of U.S. foreign assistance programming, as follows: Bilateral Economic Assistance, Humanitarian Assistance, Multilateral Economic Assistance, Military Assistance, Law Enforcement Assistance. Included are basic fact sheets for 19 accounts each containing citations of important underlying laws, itemizing primary activities, outlining recent funding history, and describing important statuƯtory restrictions. Activity descriptions are drawn from references in statute, Congressional Budget Presentations, or in some cases both. Also included are an overall funding summary, a collection of significant general authorities and restrictions, and a lexicon of key terms.