[United States Government Manual]
[July 01, 1995]
[Pages 723-731]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AGENCY
320 Twenty-first Street NW., Washington, DC 20523-0001
Phone, 202-647-1850
Director, U.S. International Development J. Brian Atwood, Acting
Cooperation Agency
Deputy Director (vacancy)
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
320 Twenty-first Street NW., Washington, DC 20523-0001
Phone, 202-647-1850
Administrator J. Brian Atwood
Deputy Administrator Carol Lancaster
Counselor Kelly C. Kammerer
Chief of Staff Richard L. McCall, Jr.
Executive Secretary Aaron S. Williams
Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Colin Bradford
Program and Policy Coordination
Assistant Administrator for Management Larry E. Byrne
Assistant Administrator for Africa John F. Hicks
Assistant Administrator for Asia and the Near Margaret Carpenter
East
Assistant Administrator for Europe and the New Thomas A. Dine
Independent States
Assistant Administrator for Latin America and Mark Schneider
the Caribbean
Assistant Administrator for Humanitarian Douglas M. Stafford
Response
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Assistant Administrator for Global Programs, Sally Shelton
Field Support and Research
Assistant Administrator for Legislative and Jill Buckley
Public Affairs
Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Ivan R. Ashley
Business Utilization
Director, Office of Equal Opportunity Programs Jessalyn L. Pendarvis
General Counsel Wandra G. Mitchell
Inspector General Jeffrey Rush, Jr.
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION
1100 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20527
Phone, 202-336-8400; Fax, 202-408-9859
President and Chief Executive Officer Ruth R. Harkin
Executive Vice President Christopher Finn
Vice President, Investment Development Merryl R. Burpoe,
Acting
Vice President and General Counsel Charles D. Toy
Vice President and Treasurer Mildred O. Callear
Vice President, Finance Robert O. Draggon
Vice President, Insurance Daniel W. Riordan
Vice President, Management Services Richard K. Childress
Chairman of the Board J. Brian Atwood
[For the Agency for International Development statement of organization,
see the Federal Register of Aug. 26, 1987, 52 FR 32174]
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The United States International Development Cooperation Agency (IDCA)
was established by Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1979 (5 U.S.C. app.,
effective October 1, 1979) to be a focal point within the U.S.
Government for economic matters affecting U.S. relations with developing
countries. The Agency's functions are policy planning, policymaking, and
policy coordination on international economic issues affecting
developing countries. The Director of the Agency serves as the principal
international development adviser to the President and the Secretary of
State, receiving foreign policy guidance from the Secretary of State.
The U.S. Agency for International Development and the Overseas Private
Investment Corporation are component agencies of the U.S. International
Development Cooperation Agency.
Agency for International Development
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) administers U.S.
foreign economic and humanitarian assistance programs worldwide in the
developing world, Central and Eastern Europe, and the New Independent
States of the former Soviet Union. The Agency functions under an
Administrator, who concurrently serves as the Acting Director of IDCA.
Programs
USAID meets its post-Cold War era challenges by utilizing its strategy
for achieving sustainable development in developing countries. The
Agency supports programs in four areas: population and health, broad-
based economic growth, environment, and democracy. USAID also provides
humanitarian assistance and aid to countries in crisis and transition.
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Population and Health USAID contributes to a cooperative global effort
to stabilize world population growth and support women's reproductive
rights. The types of population and health programs supported vary with
the particular needs of individual countries and the kinds of approaches
that local communities initiate and support. Most USAID resources will
be directed to the following areas: support for voluntary family
planning systems, reproductive health care, needs of adolescents and
young adults, infant and child health, and education for girls and
women.
Economic Growth USAID will promote broad-based economic growth by
addressing the factors that enhance the capacity for growth and by
working to remove the obstacles that stand in the way of individual
opportunity. In this context, programs will concentrate on strengthening
market economies, expanding economic opportunities for the less
advantaged in developing countries, and building human skills and
capacities to facilitate broad-based participation.
Environment USAID environmental programs will support two strategic
goals: reducing long-term threats to the global environment,
particularly loss of biodiversity and climate change; and promoting
sustainable economic growth locally, nationally, and regionally by
addressing environmental, economic, and developmental practices that
impede development and are unsustainable. Globally, USAID programs will
focus on the reducing sources and enhancing sinks of greenhouse gas
emissions and on promoting innovative approaches to the conservation and
sustainable use of the planet's biological diversity. The approach to
national environmental problems will differ on a country-by-country
basis, depending on a particular country's environmental priorities.
Country strategies may include improving agricultural, industrial, and
natural resource management practices that play a central role in
environmental degradation; strengthening public policies and
institutions to protect the environment; holding dialogues with country
governments on environmental issues and with international agencies on
the environmental impact of lending practices and the design and
implementation of innovative mechanisms to support environmental work;
and environmental research and education.
Democracy The Agency's strategic objective in the democracy area is the
transition to and consolidation of democratic regimes throughout the
world. Programs will focus on some of the following types of problems:
human rights abuses; misperceptions about democracy and free-market
capitalism; lack of experience with democratic institutions; the absence
or weakness of intermediary organizations; nonexistent, ineffectual, or
undemocratic political parties; disenfranchisement of women, indigenous
peoples, and minorities; failure to implement national charter
documents; powerless or poorly defined democratic institutions; tainted
elections; and the inability to resolve conflicts peacefully.
Humanitarian Assistance and Post-Crisis Transitions USAID will provide
humanitarian assistance that saves lives, reduces suffering, helps
victims return to self-sufficiency, and reinforces democracy. Programs
will focus on disaster prevention, preparedness, and mitigation; timely
delivery of disaster relief and short-term rehabilitation supplies and
services; preservation of basic institutions of civil governance during
disaster crisis; support for democratic institutions during periods of
national transition; and building and reinforcement of local capacity to
anticipate and handle disasters and their aftermath.
Overseas Organizations
USAID country organizations are located in countries where a bilateral
program is being implemented. The in-country organizations are subject
to the direction and guidance of the chief U.S. diplomatic
representative in the country, usually the Ambassador. The organizations
report to the Agency's Assistant Administrators for the four
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geographic bureaus--the Bureaus for Africa, Asia and Near East, Europe
and the New Independent States, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
There are three types of country organizations: AID missions,
offices of the USAID representative, and USAID sections of the embassy.
USAID missions are located in countries in which the U.S. economic
assistance program is major, continuing, and usually involves multiple
types of aid in several sectors. Each mission is headed by a mission
director, who has been delegated program planning, implementation, and
representation authorities. Offices of the USAID representative are
located in countries in which the economic assistance program is
moderate, declining, or has limited objectives. The offices are usually
headed by a USAID Representative, who also has delegated authority for
program implementation and representation. USAID sections of the embassy
are located in countries where the assistance program is very small or
is being phased out. Program planning and implementation authorities are
delegated to the chief U.S. diplomatic representative who is assisted by
the USAID affairs officer.
The overseas program activities that involve more than one country
are administered by regional offices. These offices may also perform
country organizational responsibilities for assigned countries.
Generally, the offices are headed by a regional development officer.
Development Assistance Coordination and Representative Offices
provide liaison with various international organizations and represent
U.S. interests in development assistance matters. Such offices may be
only partially staffed by Agency personnel and may be headed by
employees of other U.S. Government agencies.
Country Organizations--U.S. Agency for International Development
(Missions, Offices, or Sections of Embassy)
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Country Officer in Charge\1\
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Albania/Tirana............................ Dianne M. Blane (OR)
Angola/Luanda............................. Bill Masten (CO)
Armenia/Yerevan........................... Fred E. Winch (OR)
Bangladesh/Dhaka.......................... Richard Brown (MD)
Belize/Belize City........................ Robert Dakan (OR)
Benin/Cotonou............................. Thomas F. Cornell (OR)
Bolivia/La Paz............................ Lewis Lucke, Acting (MD)07
Botswana/Gaborone......................... Howard R. Handler (MD)
Brazil/Brasilia........................... Edward Kadunc (OR)
Burkina Faso/Ouagadougou.................. Thomas C. Luche (OR)
Bulgaria/Sofia............................ John A. Tennant (OR)
Burundi/Bujumbura......................... Myron Golden (MD)
Cambodia/Phnom Penh....................... Joseph Goodwin (OR)
Cape Verde/Praia.......................... Barbara Kennedy (OR)
Chad/N'Djamena............................ Richard Frankel, Acting (OR)
Chile/Santiago............................ Thomas Nicastro (OR)
Colombia/Bogota........................... Lars Klassen (OR)
Costa Rica/San Jose....................... Stephen Wingert (MD)
Croatia/Zagreb............................ Charles R. Aaneson (OR)
Czech Republic/Prague..................... James F. Bednar (OR)
Dominican Republic/Santo Domingo.......... Marilyn Zak (MD)
Ecuador/Quito............................. John Sanbrailo (MD)
Egypt/Cairo............................... John Westley (MD)
El Salvador/San Salvador.................. Carl Leonard, Acting (MD)
Estonia/Tallinn........................... Adrian deGraffenreid (OR)
Ethiopia/Addis Ababa...................... Margaret Bonner (MD)
FYR Macedonia/Skopje...................... Linda Gregory (OR)
Gambia/Banjul............................. Rose Marie Depp (OR)
Ghana/Accra............................... Barbara Sandovaln (MD)
Guatemala/Guatemala City.................. William Rhodes (MD)
Guinea/Conakry............................ Thomas E. Park (MD)
Guinea-Bissau/Bissau...................... Michael F. Lukomski (OR)
Guyana, Georgetown........................ Mosina Jordan (MD)
Haiti/Port-au-Prince...................... Larry Crandall (MD)
Honduras/Tegucigalpa...................... Marshall Brown (MD)
Hungary/Budapest.......................... David L. Cowles (OR)
India/New Delhi........................... Walter Bollinger (MD)
Indonesia/Jakarta......................... Charles F. Weden (MD)
Israel/Jerusalem (West Bank).............. Christopher Crowley (MD)
Israel/Tel Aviv (Gaza).................... Christopher Crowley (MD)
Jamaica/Kingston.......................... Carol Tyson (MD)
Jordan/Amman.............................. William T. Oliver, Jr. (MD)
Kazakhstan/Almaty......................... Craig G. Buck (MD)
Kenya/Nairobi............................. George E. Jones (MD)
Latvia/Riga............................... Baudouin De Marcken (OR)
Lesotho/Maseru............................ F. Gary E. Lewis, Acting
(MD)
Liberia/Monrovia.......................... Lowell Lynch (OR)
Lithuania/Vilnius......................... John Cloutier (OR)
Madagascar/Antananarivo................... Donald R. MacKenzie (MD)
Malawi/Lilongwe........................... Cynthia Rozell (MD)
Mali/Bamako............................... Joel Schlesinger (MD)
Mexico/Mexico City........................ Arthur Danart (OR)
Mongolia/Ulaanbaatar...................... Charles Howell (OR)
Morocco/Rabat............................. Michael Farbman (MD)
Mozambique/Maputo......................... Roger Carlson (MD)
Namibia/Windhoeck......................... Edward Spriggs (OR)
Nepal/Kathmandu........................... Frederick Machmer (MD)
Nicaragua/Managua......................... George Carner (MD)
Niger/Niamey.............................. James Anderson (MD)
Nigeria/Lagos............................. Stephen Spielman (AAO)
Oman/Muscat............................... Mark S. Matthews (OR)
Pakistan-Afghanistan/Islamabad............ John Blackton (MD)
Panama/Panama City........................ David Mutchler (MD)
Paraguay/Asuncion......................... Richard Nelson (OR)
Peru/Lima................................. George Wachtenheim (MD)
Philippines/Manila........................ Kenneth Schofield (MD)
Philippines/Manila (ASEAN)................ Dennis Zvinakis (OR)
Poland/Warsaw............................. Donald Pressley (OR)
Romania/Bucharest......................... Richard J. Hough (OR)
Russia/Moscow............................. James A. Norris (MD)
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Rwanda/Kigali............................. Myron Golden (MD)
Senegal/Dakar............................. Anne Williams (MD)
Slovakia/Bratislava....................... Patricia Lerner (OR)
Slovenia/Ljublana......................... Michael Zak (OR)
Somalia/Mogadishu......................... Richard Ullrich (MD)
South Africa/Pretoria..................... Leslie A. Dean (MD)
Sri Lanka/Colombo......................... David Cohen (MD)
Swaziland/Mbabane......................... Jack Royer, Acting (MD)
Tanzania/Dar es Salaam.................... Mark Wentling (MD)
Thailand/Bangkok.......................... Linda Lion (MD)
Tunisia/Tunis............................. David Painter, Acting (MD)
Uganda/Kampala............................ Donald Clark (MD)
Ukraine/Kiev.............................. Gary F. Huger (MD)
Yemen/Sanaa............................... William D. McKinney (OR)
Zambia/Lusaka............................. Joseph Stepanek (MD)
Zimbabwe/Harare........................... Peter Benedict (MD)
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\1\MD: Mission Director; D: Director; OR: Office of the AID
Representative; DO: Development Officer; RD: Regional Director; AAO:
AID Affairs Officer for Section of Embassy; CO: Coordinator in
Washington
International Organizations--Agency for International Development
(Selected Regional Organizations)
(A: Advisor; C: Counselor; ED: Executive Director; MD: Mission Director;
AID R: AID Representative; RD: Regional Director)
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Country Officer in Charge
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Regional Offices
Regional Economic Development Services
Offices
Office for East and Southern Africa-- Fred C. Fisher (RD)
Nairobi, Kenya.
Office for West and Central Africa-- Williard Pearson (RD)
Cote d'Ivoire, Abidjan.
Caribbean Regional Development Office/ Paul Bisek, Acting (RD)
Bridgetown--Bridgetown, Barbados.
Development Assistance Coordination and Representation Offices
U.S. Mission to the United Nations Hugh Smith (ED)
Agencies for Food and Agriculture--
Rome, Italy.
Office of the U.S. Representative to Dennis Brennan (AID R)
the Development Assistance Committee
of the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development--Paris,
France.
Office of the AID Development Adviser Terry Barker (A)
to the U.S. Executive Director to the
Asian Development Bank--Manila,
Philippines.
U.S. Mission to the European Office of (Vacancy) (AID R)
the United Nations and Other
International Organizations--Geneva,
Switzerland.
AID Office for Development Cooperation-- Paul White (C)
Tokyo, Japan.
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Overseas Private Investment Corporation
[For the Overseas Private Investment Corporation statement of
organization, see the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 22, Chapter
VII]
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) is a self-sustaining,
Federal agency whose purpose is to promote economic growth in developing
countries by encouraging U.S. private investment in those nations. The
Corporation assists American investors in three principal ways:
financing investment projects through direct loans and/or guaranties;
insuring investment projects against a broad range of political risks;
and providing a variety of investor services. All of these programs are
designed to reduce the perceived stumbling blocks and risks associated
with overseas investment.
Organized as a corporation and structured to be responsive to
private business, OPIC's mandate is to mobilize and facilitate the
participation of U.S.
private capital and skills in the economic and social development of
developing countries and emerging economies. Currently, OPIC programs
are available for new business enterprises or expansion in some 140
countries worldwide. OPIC encourages American overseas private
investment in sound business projects, thereby improving U.S. global
competitiveness, creating American jobs and increasing U.S. exports.
OPIC does not support projects that will result in the loss of domestic
jobs or have a negative impact on the host country's environment or
workers' rights.
The Corporation is governed by a 15-member Board of Directors--8
appointed from the private sector and 7 from the Federal Government.
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Activities
By reducing or eliminating certain perceived political risks for
investors and providing financing and assistance not otherwise
available, the Corporation helps to reduce the unusual risks and
problems that can make investment opportunities in the developing areas
less attractive than in advanced countries. At the same time, it reduces
the need for government-to-government lending programs by involving the
U.S. private sector in establishing capital-generation and strengthening
private-sector economies in developing countries.
The Corporation insures U.S. investors against the political risks
of expropriation, inconvertibility of local currency holdings, and
damage from war, revolution, insurrection, or civil strife. It also
offers a special insurance policy to U.S. contractors and exporters
against arbitrary drawings of letters of credit posted as bid,
performance, or advance payment guaranties. Other special programs are
offered for minerals exploration, oil and gas exploration, and
development and leasing operations.
The Corporation offers U.S. lenders protection against both
commercial and political risks by guaranteeing payment of principal and
interest on loans (up to $200 million) made to eligible private
enterprises.
Its Direct Investment loans, offered to small- and medium-sized
businesses, generally cover terms of from 7 to 12 years, and usually
range from $2 million to $6 million with varying interest rates,
depending on assessment of the commercial risks of the project financed.
Programs are available only for a new facility, expansion or
modernization of an existing plant, or technological or service products
designed to generate investment which will produce significant new
benefits for host countries.
Sources of Information
U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency
General Inquiries Inquiries may be directed to the Office of External
Affairs, U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency, Washington,
DC 20523-0001. Phone, 202-647-1850.
Agency for International Development
Congressional Affairs Congressional inquiries may be directed to the
Bureau for Legislative and Public Affairs, Agency for International
Development, Washington, DC 20523-0001. Phone, 202-647-8440.
Contracting and Small Business Inquiries For information regarding
contracting opportunities, contact the Office of Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization, Agency for International Development, Washington,
DC 20523-0001. Phone, 703-875-1551.
Employment For information regarding employment opportunities, contact
the Workforce Planning, Recruitment and Personnel Systems Division,
Office of Human Resources, Agency for International Development,
Washington, DC 20523-0001. Phone, 202-663-2400.
General Inquiries General inquiries may be directed to the Bureau for
Legislative and Public Affairs, Agency for International Development,
Washington, DC 20523-0001. Phone, 202-647-1850.
News Media Inquiries from the media only should be directed to the
Press Relations Division, Bureau for Legislative and Public Affairs,
Agency for International Development, Washington, DC 20523-0001. Phone,
202-647-4274.
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
General Inquiries Inquiries should be directed to the Information
Office, Overseas Private Investment Corporation,
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1100 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20527. Phone, 202-336-8799.
Publications OPIC programs are further detailed in the Annual Report
and the Program Summary. These publications are available free of
charge.
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