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ACTIVITY DATA SHEET

PROGRAM: Asia and the Near East Regional
TITLE AND NUMBER: Program Development and Learning, 498-007*
STATUS: Continuing
PLANNED FY 2001 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $10,565,000 DA (including $1,321,000 in FY 2000 carryover); $1,535,000 CSD
PROPOSED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $5,494,000 DA; $1,815,000 CSD
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 1995 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: Continuing

Summary: In FY 2001, Program Development and Learning (PD&L) activities will support the Agency's goal areas of economic growth; population, health and nutrition; environment and energy; democracy and governance; and human capacity development. PD&L supports Asia and Near East (ANE) programs, in presence and non-presence countries to develop and refine strategies; advise on sectoral issues; support bilateral and regional programs; analyze and identify problems and new opportunities for development assistance; and facilitate compliance with Agency and U.S. Government reporting requirements. Child Survival and Disease (CSD) funds will be used for technical analyses, data collection and dissemination to guide and refine future population, health and nutrition programming in the ANE region. PD&L activities undertaken by missions with their funds will be notified under separate Congressional Notifications. PD&L resources are critical to developing and pilot testing new avenues of support that emphasize key ANE regional and sub-regional issues. Often, full-fledged programs have evolved. For example, since 1999 PD&L activities have supported the development of major program initiatives including the North Africa Regional Trade and Investment Initiative, South Asia anti-trafficking activities, South Asia Regional Initiative in energy, and a regional infectious disease strategy. PD&L funding also enables the U.S. to provide strategic leadership and state-of-the-art expertise to meet a growing number of ANE non-presence country needs and to respond to regional and cross-border issues.

Key Results: PD&L funds have enabled ANE to:

Review the principal environmental and natural resources conditions and trends in South Asia and assess the prospects for more sustainable development in the region through appropriate donor-funded policy and institutional reform;
Initiate Internet for Economic Development activities in countries in Asia and Near East. The activities focused on policy assistance in the field of e-commerce, regulatory assistance, design and implementation of hi-tech parks and information kiosks, e-commerce workshops, capacity development for information and communication technology professionals, and connecting USAID non-governmental organization partners via the Internet;
Identify projects and programs appropriate for U.S.-Japan cooperation such as work with The Nature Conservancy to support environmental programs in the Philippines and Indonesia. The Philippines environmental program has been held up as a model of U.S.-Japan cooperation;
Address strategic and priority issues in population, health and nutrition sectors. Activities in FY 2000 included: a) developing and maintaining a regional and sub-regional health and demographic information database to track common trends across countries; b) helping Cambodian public health decision-makers study Thailand's integration of health workers into successful HIV/AIDS programs, thereby fostering improved communication between decision makers of the two countries to better address the growing HIV/AIDS health issue in the region; and c) ANE completing a major study of population momentum and aging in seven Asian countries to help countries of the region plan for the broad economic impacts that are expected as a result of this demographic trend;
Improve the quality of USAID country strategic plans and increase the integration of USAID activities into the broader scope of U.S. Government assistance in the region;
Respond to opportunities and unforeseen needs where political issues or limited technical capacity constrain bilateral missions; and
Respond rapidly to non-presence country demands, e.g., designing new programs in Pakistan and Yemen.

Performance and Prospects: The proposed FY 2001 obligation is $10.565 million in DA (including $1.321 million in FY 2000 carryover) and $1.535 million in CSD. In addition to providing ongoing support for field mission and non-presence activities in Asia and the Near East, FY 2001 PD&L funds will:

Improve the capacity to design microfinance programs throughout Asia and the Near East;
Develop new conflict prevention activities in South Asian countries to include broadcast media, internet access and the role of individuals and institutions as peace-building tools;
Analyze and recommend areas to address the major environmental and natural resource problems threatening sustainable economic development such as deforestation, national and transnational water management;
Provide analysis and advice to countries of the region on health financing strategies and health policy dialogue;
Analyze the trends toward urbanization and their concomitant social and economic implications;
Provide expertise in democracy and governance to bilateral programs and State Department units in order to maximize the effectiveness of available democracy/governance funding; and
Improve investigative journalism and media management skills in Cambodia and Indonesia.

Possible Adjustments to Plans: PD∓L activities are short-term, determined annually, and adjusted based upon current priorities and demands.

Other Donor Programs: PD&L-funded activities and expertise are used to improve USAID bilateral programs and activities, and foster linkages with other donor efforts. These efforts ensure good coordination with the World Bank, The Asian Development Bank, European Union, and Japan.

Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: The U.S. Department of Agriculture; Management Systems International; PricewaterhouseCoopers; DevTech; Academy for Educational Development; Johns Hopkins University; the University of Michigan; the Jorge Scientific Corporation; Abt Associates, Inc.; John Snow, Inc.; and Western Kentucky University/InterNews.

* Formerly titled "Regional Development and Support."

Selected Performance Indicators: Baseline
(1999) Actual
(2000) Target
(2001) Target
(2002)
Cumulative number of regional trade and investment, energy, microfinance, capacity building activities designed 1 2 4 4

Cumulative number of formative research studies completed on on the impact of urbanization, migration and aging on Asian health and social services 0 0 2 2

Number of annual innovative approaches and best management practices developed and disseminated to address critical environmental problems* 1 3 4 3

Cumulative number of Department of State/USAID ANE democracy and governance strategies developed 0 2 4 6

* Target estimates include: 1) management assessment of ANE urban programs; 2) environmental conditions and trends analysis for Cambodia; 3) a Middle East conference on energy cooperation; and 4) developing an integrated environmental strategy.

U.S. Financing

(In thousands of dollars)

Obligations Expenditures Unliquidated

Through September 30, 1999 69,259 DA 60,585 DA 8,674 DA

9,635 CSD 3,219 CSD 6,416 CSD

10,517 ESF 6,430 ESF 4,087 ESF

0 SEED 0 SEED 0 SEED

0 FSA 0 FSA 0 FSA

0 DFA 0 DFA 0 DFA

Fiscal Year 2000 13,331 DA 0 DA

1,814 CSD 0 CSD

0 ESF 556 ESF

0 SEED 0 SEED

0 FSA 0 FSA

0 DFA 0 DFA

Through September 30, 2000 82,590 DA 60,585 DA 22,005 DA

11,449 CSD 3,219 CSD 8,230 CSD

10,517 ESF 6,986 ESF 3,531 ESF

0 SEED 0 SEED 0 SEED

0 FSA 0 FSA 0 FSA

0 DFA 0 DFA 0 DFA

Prior Year Unobligated Funds 1,321 DA

0 CSD

0 ESF

0 SEED

0 FSA

0 DFA

Planned Fiscal Year 2001 NOA 9,244 DA

1,535 CSD

0 ESF

0 SEED

0 FSA

0 DFA

Total Planned Fiscal Year 2001 10,565 DA

1,535 CSD

0 ESF

0 SEED

0 FSA

0 DFA

Future Obligations Est. Total Cost

Proposed Fiscal Year 2002 NOA 5,494 DA 9,059 DA 107,708 DA

1,815 CSD 2,931 CSD 17,730 CSD

0 ESF 0 ESF 10,517 ESF

0 SEED 0 SEED 0 SEED

0 FSA 0 FSA 0 FSA

0 DFA 0 DFA 0 DFA

* Cumulative Obligations and Expenditures include money previously shown in 498-015.

Last Updated on: May 29, 2002