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This is an archived USAID document retained on this web site as a matter of public record.
USAID Assistance to The West African Regional Program
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
FACT SHEET
WASHINGTON, DC 20523
PRESS OFFICE
http://www.usaid.gov
(202) 712-43202001-045
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 26, 2001
Contact: Novia Plummer
(in thousands)
Budget FY2000 (actual) FY2001 (estimate) FY2002 (request) Development Assistance $16,777 $15,084 $14,022 Child Survival and Disease $10,700 $10,692 $11,509 Economic Support Fund $ 300 $ 0 $ 0 PL 480, Title II $ 0 $ 0 $ 1,600 Total $27,777 $25,776 $27,131 USAID HISTORY
USAID has implemented and maintained sub-regional development programs throughout West Africa for the past 25 years. The West African Regional Program (WARP) consolidates and coordinates regional activities under the Sahel Regional Program and the Family Health and AIDS Program, coupling them with new activities for a more effective and rational approach to achieving development results in the region. WARP is developing partnerships with West African regional organizations, including the West African Economic and Monetary Union, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and the Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel.
USAID GOAL
The goal of WARP is a "Politically Stable and Economically Prosperous West Africa." WARP guides USAID's investments in the areas of regional trade, economic integration, energy, food security, environment and natural resources management, tropical diseases, the spread of HIV/AIDS, population pressures, increased popular participation in political processes, regional governance, and conflict prevention.
CURRENT USAID PROGRAMS
Regional trade, economic integration, and energy: WARP's objective in addressing economic integration aims to assist public-sector and private-sector regional organizations in their efforts to: reduce intra-regional barriers to trade; improve dialogue and coordination on trade policies among West African countries; improve regional harmonization of regional monetary and fiscal policies by West African countries; and improve regional institutional capacity to provide a sustainable and competitively priced supply of energy.
Tropical diseases, the spread of HIV/AIDS, and population pressures: The region's serious problems and constraints in these sectors are addressed by increasing the sustainable use of selected reproductive health, HIV/AIDS/sexually transmitted infection, and maternal health/child survival services and/or products throughout the region. WARP works to: increase access to these services; increase effective advocacy for action in HIV/AIDS, maternal health and child survival; increase public, private, and non-profit capacity for developing and implementing health policy and programs; increase partner collaboration for transparent and effective use of resources for developing and implementing health policies and programs; and provide HIV/AIDS assessments and technical assistance support visits in those countries where USAID does not have an established bilateral Mission.
Food security, environment, and natural resources management: WARP focuses on strengthening and implementing policies and programs in these sectors. It works with regional institutions in: maintaining and improving regional food security monitoring and disaster mitigation systems; improving regional environmental and natural resources management monitoring and impact reporting systems; and increasing the capacity of West Africa agricultural and environmental/natural resources management organizations and networks to share information and collaboratively advocate for sustainable, transparent, and accountable food security and environmental policies and programs.
Increased popular participation in political processes, regional governance, and conflict prevention: WARP participates in the establishment of early detection and response mechanisms in West Africa. WARP works with ECOWAS' conflict prevention mechanism and regional civil society organizations involved in early conflict detection and response. WARP also aims to increase donor coordination in building a regional capacity for improved governance, and to assist in regional dissemination of relevant lessons learned and best practices.
Produced July 2001
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