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USAID Information:
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Peru: USAID Program Profile
| Budget |
FY 2005
Actual
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FY 2006
Current
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FY 2007
Requested
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| Total Program Funds
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$89,022,000 |
$85,127,000 |
$81,236,000 |
The United States Agency for International Development’s
(USAID) strategy in Peru concentrates on promoting the expansion
of sustainable opportunities for improved quality of life
for Peruvians through their democratic institutions and processes.
Democracy: USAID is building the capacity of civil
and political society to promote more democratic practices,
raise public awareness of the need to monitor and implement
democratic reforms and help key public institutions become
more independent and effective. These programs protect human
rights; ensure freedom of expression and access to the media;
help reform the electoral/political system; encourage the
balance and separation of powers; support decentralization;
and help improve civil-military relations.
Poverty Reduction: USAID programs help the extremely
poor improve their access to and participation in markets
and support policies that promote economic growth and delivery
of basic services. The program provides technical support
to micro-enterprises and small producers; expands the use
of environmentally sound production practices; supports integrated
food security efforts and improved nutrition practices; increases
community participation in local development decisions; increases
public investment in key infrastructure; and improves the
business regulatory framework.
Health: USAID works to ensure that quality health services
are accessible and utilized, that people are practicing healthy
behaviors, and that Peruvian health sector policies and programs
are more responsive to health needs. USAID is encouraging
Peruvians to take preventive actions (e.g., immunization)
to prevent disease, promotive actions (e.g., breastfeeding
and weaning practices) that contribute to good nutrition,
and curative actions (e.g., oral re-hydration therapy).
Environment: USAID works closely with the GOP to strengthen
the national environment policy and legal framework and to
increase environmental awareness, understanding and demand.
USAID supports the adoption of proven environmental policies
and technologies; strengthened local capacity to interpret
and apply policies (ordinances); increased national level
knowledge of environmental issues and mitigation alternatives;
and increased citizen awareness of these environmental issues.
Alternative Development: USAID helps Peruvians in coca
growing zones find other means of supporting themselves through
alternative development projects which increase household
income from licit economic activities, improve general social
conditions, and improve participation in and access to local
government institutions.
Border Development: USAID is providing assistance
to improve the quality of life along the Peru-Ecuador border.
This assistance includes enhancing social services (health,
water and sanitation), increasing respect and protection of
rights of border populations (particularly those of women
and indigenous people), supporting the terms of the 1998 Peace
Accords signed between Peru and Ecuador, and increasing the
capacity of border communities to manage development processes.
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