Essays about: "United States Agency for International Development USAID"

Found 5 essays containing the words United States Agency for International Development USAID.

  1. 1. Domestic & International Development Funding: A comparison of the Appalachian Regional Commission and USAID’s budget justifications

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Otto Mickels; [2023]
    Keywords : Domestic Development; International Development; Appalachian Regional Commission ARC ; United State Agency for International Development USAID ; Securitization; Foreign Policy tools; Budget Justification; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This Bachelor’s thesis attempts to provide a better understanding of how US government-funded development agencies justify their funding, how that process is conducted, and in what ways it relates to the actual practice of development. Namely, the study looks at the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) and the United States Agency for International Development. READ MORE

  2. 2. Aunque les cueste la vida/ Even if it will cost them their life : A study of irregular migration between Guatemala and the United States of America and the effects it has on the Maya communities

    University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Globala studier

    Author : Paulina Åström; Esther Elgaard; [2023]
    Keywords : Guatemala; Irregular Migration; Maya Community; USAID; Corruption; IOM; NGO; Return migration;

    Abstract : Today, many Guatemalans flee the country and leave their home communities behind due to poor living conditions and high unemployment. Irregular migration involves many risks yet is for many seen as a necessity to live a purposeful life. READ MORE

  3. 3. Environmental/ecological, economic, and social factors inhumanitarian response : A qualitative case study reviewing the humanitarian response delivered by USAID in Haiti with the sustainable dimensions in focus

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Ane Kok Madsen; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainable development; ecological environmental; economic; and social dimensions; supply chain; waste management; humanitarian action; plastic pollution; climate change; Do No Harm; USAID; Haiti; mangroves; life on earth; life on earth; and climate action.;

    Abstract : In the past decades, there has been an alarming increase in the amount of toxicity on earthdue to pollution and consumerism and the natural environment is faster than everdisappearing due to the extensive activity of humans on planet earth (Nations United,2020; United Nations, 2020). The increased amount of rubbish and non-natural waste hasbeen identified as a major issue in the supply chain and waste management inhumanitarian organizations across the board. READ MORE

  4. 4. Exporting Sexual and Reproductive Values - A study on the existence of U.S. SRHR politics in international AIDS relief and prevention aid in Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jennifer Hagy; [2014]
    Keywords : Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights SRHR ; United States President´s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief PEPFAR ; United States Agency for International Development USAID ; HIV AIDS; women and international development; sexuality; motherhood; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the ideologies and moral values regarding sexuality and gender within the United States national realm of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR); and furthermore what how these ideologies and morals are translated into development policy. Through the method interrogative insertion, I have explored in the U.S. READ MORE

  5. 5. Aid Nothing More Than a Charity Bone Thrown : Have Past Failures prepared us for Future Success?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, SV

    Author : Sofia Buhlin; [2010]
    Keywords : Aid; USAID; EDF; Sub- Saharan Africa; evaluation.;

    Abstract : Abstract This article investigates the complex issue of aid, and differs from other attempts at evaluating the outcomes and policies of aid since this evaluation is solely based on the policies of the donor countries. It investigates if, and how well, the world´s two greatest aid donors, The European Developmental Fund (EDF) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) responds to recent research and the need for change in this policy area in respect to Sub- Saharan African states. READ MORE