    [United States Government Manual]
    [May 30, 1997]
    [Pages 691-698]
    [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,
            Cooperation Agency                                Acting
    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                              (vacancy)
    Counselor                                         Kelly C. Kammerer
    Chief of Staff                                    Richard L. McCall, Jr.
    Executive Secretary                               Ryan Conroy
    Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for        Kelly C. Kammerer,
            Policy and Program Coordination                   Acting
    Assistant Administrator for Management            Larry E. Byrne
    Assistant Administrator for Africa                Carol Peasley
    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          Leonard M. Rogers,
            Response                                          Acting
    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

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    General Counsel                                   Singleton B.
                                                              McAllister
    Inspector General                                 Jeffrey Rush, Jr.

    [For the Agency for International Development statement of organization,
            see the Federal Register of Aug. 26, 1987, 52 FR 32174]

    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             Mildred O. Callear,
                                                              Acting
    Executive Vice President                          (vacancy)
    Vice President, Investment Development            Robert L. Schiffer
    Vice President and General Counsel                Charles D. Toy
    Vice President and Treasurer                      Mildred O. Callear
    Vice President, Finance                           Frank L. Langhammer
    Vice President, Insurance                         Daniel W. Riordan
    Vice President, Investment Funds                  Robert D. Stillman
    Vice President, Management Services               William C. Moss
    Chairman of the Board                             J. Brian Atwood

    [For the Overseas Private Investment Corporation statement of
            organization, see the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 22,
            Chapter VII]

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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

    The Agency meets its post-Cold War era challenges by utilizing its
    strategy for achieving sustainable development in developing countries.
    It supports programs in four areas: population and health, broad-based
    economic growth, environment, and democracy. It also provides
    humanitarian assistance and aid to countries in crisis and transition.

    Population and Health  The Agency 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 are directed to the following areas: support for
    voluntary

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    family planning systems, reproductive health care, needs of adolescents
    and young adults, infant and child health, and education for girls and
    women.

    Economic Growth  The Agency promotes 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 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  The Agency's environmental programs 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, Agency programs
    focus on 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 differs 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 dialogs 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 focus on such problems as: 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  The Agency provides
    humanitarian assistance that saves lives, reduces suffering, helps
    victims return to self-sufficiency, and reinforces democracy. Programs
    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

    U.S. Agency for International Development 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 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: USAID missions,
    offices of the USAID representative, and USAID sections of the embassy.
    Agency missions are located in countries in which the U.S. economic
    assistance

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    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. Agency 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.............................  Nicholas Jenks, Acting (CO)
    Armenia/Yerevan...........................  Geraldine Donnelly (OR)
    Bangladesh/Dhaka..........................  Richard Brown (MD)
    Belize/Belize City........................  Robert Dakan (OR)
    Benin/Cotonou.............................  Thomas E. Park (OR)
    Bolivia/La Paz............................  Frank Almaguer (MD)
    Botswana/Gaborone.........................  Valerie Dickson-Horton (MD)
    Brazil/Brasilia...........................  Edward Kadunc (OR)
    Bulgaria/Sofia............................  John A. Tennant (OR)
    Burundi/Bujumbura.........................  Keith Brown (MD)
    Cambodia/Phnom Penh.......................  Gordon West (OR)
    Cape Verde/Praia..........................  Williard Pearson, Acting
                                                 (OR)
    Colombia/Bogota...........................  Lars Klassen (OR)
    Croatia/Zagreb............................  Charles R. Aaneson (OR)
    Czech Republic/Prague.....................  James F. Bednar (OR)
    Dominican Republic/Santo Domingo..........  Marilyn Zak (MD)
    Ecuador/Quito.............................  Thomas Geiger (MD)
    Egypt/Cairo...............................  John Westley (MD)
    El Salvador/San Salvador..................  Carl Leonard, Acting (MD)
    Ethiopia/Addis Ababa......................  Margaret Bonner (MD)
    FYR Macedonia/Skopje......................  Linda Gregory (OR)
    Gambia/Banjul.............................  Anne Williams, Acting (OR)
    Ghana/Accra...............................  Myron Golden (MD)
    Guatemala/Guatemala City..................  William Rhodes (MD)
    Guinea/Conakry............................  John B. Flynn (MD)
    Guinea-Bissau/Bissau......................  Nancy McKay, Acting (OR)
    Guyana/Georgetown.........................  Pat McDuffy (MD)
    Haiti/Port-au-Prince......................  Larry Crandall (MD)
    Honduras/Tegucigalpa......................  Elena Brineman (MD)
    Hungary/Budapest..........................  Thomas Cornell (OR)
    India/New Delhi...........................  Linda E. Morse (MD)
    Indonesia/Jakarta.........................  Vivikka M. Molldrem (MD)
    Israel/Jerusalem (West Bank)..............  Christopher Crowley (MD)
    Israel/Tel Aviv (Gaza)....................  Christopher Crowley (MD)
    Jamaica/Kingston..........................  Carol Tyson (MD)
    Jordan/Amman..............................  Lewis W. Lucke (MD)
    Kazakstan/Almaty..........................  Patricia Buckles (MD)
    Kenya/Nairobi.............................  George E. Jones (MD)
    Latvia/Riga...............................  (Vacancy) (OR)
    Liberia/Monrovia..........................  Lowell Lynch (OR)
    Lithuania/Vilnius.........................  Ronald Greenberg (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......................  (Vacancy) (OR)
    Morocco/Rabat.............................  Michael Farbman (MD)
    Mozambique/Maputo.........................  George Wachtenheim (MD)
    Namibia/Windhoeck.........................  Edward Spriggs (OR)
    Nepal/Kathmandu...........................  Frederick Machmer (MD)
    Nicaragua/Managua.........................  George Carner (MD)
    Niger/Niamey..............................  James Anderson (MD)
    Nigeria/Lagos.............................  Felix Awantang (AAO)
    Panama/Panama City........................  Douglas Chiriboga (MD)
    Paraguay/Asuncion.........................  Barbara Kennedy (OR)
    Peru/Lima.................................  Eric Zallman (MD)
    Philippines/Manila........................  Kenneth Schofield (MD)
    Philippines/Manila (ASEAN)................  Dennis Zvinakis (OR)
    Poland/Warsaw.............................  Suzanne Olds (OR)
    Romania/Bucharest.........................  Peter Lapera (OR)
    Russia/Moscow.............................  Janet Ballantyne (MD)
    Rwanda/Kigali.............................  George Lewis (MD)
    Senegal/Dakar.............................  Anne Williams (MD)
    Slovakia/Bratislava.......................  Patricia Lerner (OR)
    Somalia/Mogadishu.........................  John H. Bierke (MD)
    South Africa/Pretoria.....................  Aaron Williams (MD)
    Sri Lanka/Colombo.........................  David Cohen (MD)
    Tanzania/Dar es Salaam....................  Lucretia Taylor (MD)
    Uganda/Kampala............................  Donald Clark (MD)
    Ukraine/Kiev..............................  Gregory F. Huger (MD)
    Zambia/Lusaka.............................  Walter North (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

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        International Organizations--Agency for International Development
                        (Selected Regional Organizations)
    (A: Adviser; 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--  Keith Brown (RD)
     Nairobi, Kenya.
      Office for West and Central Africa--   Williard Pearson (RD)
     Cote d'Ivoire, Abidjan.
         Development Assistance Coordination and Representation Offices

    U.S. Mission to the United Nations       David Garms (ED)
     Agencies for Food and Agriculture--
     Rome, Italy.
    Office of the U.S. Representative to     James H. Michel (AID R)
     the Development Assistance Committee
     of the Organization for Economic
     Cooperation and Development--Paris,
     France.
    Office of the AID Development Adviser    John Cloutier (A)
     to the U.S. Executive Director of the
     Asian Development Bank--Manila,
     Philippines.
    U.S. Mission to the European Office of   Nance Kyloh (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

    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 four principal ways: financing
    of businesses through loans and loan guaranties; supporting private
    investment funds which provide equity for U.S. companies investing in
    projects overseas; insuring investments against a broad range of
    political risks; and engaging in outreach activities. 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 is mandated 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. The Corporation encourages
    American overseas private investment in sound business projects, thereby
    improving U.S. global competitiveness, creating American jobs, and
    increasing U.S. exports. The Corporation 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, of
    whom 8 are appointed from the private sector and 7 from the Federal
    Government.

    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

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    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 $10 million with varying interest rates,
    depending on assessment of the commercial risks of the project financed.
        Additionally, OPIC supports a family of privately managed direct
    investment funds in various regions and business sectors. Such funds
    currently operate in most countries in East Asia, sub-Saharan African,
    South America, Russia and other New Independent States, Poland and other
    countries in Central Europe, India, and Israel.
        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, 1100 New York Avenue
    NW., Washington, DC 20527. Phone, 202-336-8799. Fax, 202-336-8700. E-
    mail, opic/s=info@mhs.attmail.com.

    Publications  OPIC programs are further detailed in the Annual Report
    and the Program Summary. These publications are available free of
    charge.

    For further information, contact the United States International
    Development Cooperation Agency, 320 Twenty-first Street NW., Washington,
    DC 20523-0001. Phone, 202-647-1850.