Strategic Objective #2: Advance Sustainable Development
and Global Interests
Protecting the United States and its allies from the dangers
of terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, international crime,
and regional instability is necessary but not sufficient for
achieving national security. A healthier, more educated, democratic,
and prosperous world—in short, a better world—is
also necessary for achieving national security.
USAID's strategic goals for democracy and human rights,
economic prosperity and security, and social and environmental
issues are part of a larger whole. It is no coincidence that
conflict, chaos, corrupt and oppressive governments, environmental
degradation, and humanitarian crisis often reign in the same
places.
The broad aim of USAID's programs in development assistance
is to turn vicious circles into virtuous ones, where accountable
governments, political and economic freedoms, investing in
people, and respect for individuals beget prosperity, healthy
and educated populations, and political stability.
The following are the strategic goals that comprise this
strategic objective:
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