Zimcord Conference Documentation

1981 ◽  
Vol 11 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 51-53
Author(s):  
Edward A. Dougherty
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
International Development ◽  
The United States ◽  
United States Government ◽  
International Agencies ◽  
Agency For International Development ◽  
States Government ◽  
Trained Personnel ◽  
Set Up

The Zimbabwe Conference on Reconstruction and Development (Zimcord) was held in Salisbury from March 23-27, 1981. Thirty-one nations and twenty-six international agencies pledged about $1.45 billion in economic aid to be disbursed over a three-year period beginning in July of 1981. The United States government, through the Agency for International Development, pledged $225 million. USAID has just begun to set up a mechanism for the distribution of those funds. Because of the presence of well-trained personnel and the substantial bureaucracy that has remained intact during the transition from a white- to a black-led government, USAID intends to utilize the existing decision-making structure in Salisbury as much as possible. For those interested in potential Zimbabwean projects, one of the key documents that needs to be studied is the Zimcord Conference Document. In the following discussion the main points of the document are summarized.

Anthropology in the U.S. Agency for International Development: An Overview

1980 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-54
Author(s):  
William Jansen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
International Development ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
The United States ◽  
Foreign Assistance ◽  
United States Government ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Marshall Plan ◽  
Economic Assistance ◽  
Agency For International Development

For readers who may not be familiar with the Agency for International Development, allow me to provide some background information. AID administers most of the foreign economic assistance programs of the United States government and is concerned primarily with direct, or "bilateral," assistance to other countries. Large scale United States assistance efforts began in, 1947 with the European Recovery Program (later known as the Marshall Plan) and were supplemented by the Point IV program in East Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. The 1954 Food for Peace Act provided food commodities to feed people in need overseas and, in the latter 1950's the Development Loan Program was begun so the United States could provide financial assistance to developing countries. Then, in 1961, most United States foreign assistance was consolidated in the newly established Agency for International Development.

scholarly journals Improved Drought Resilience Through Continuous Water Service Monitoring and Specialized Institutions—A Longitudinal Analysis of Water Service Delivery Across Motorized Boreholes in Northern Kenya

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 3046 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Turman-Bryant ◽  
Corey Nagel ◽  
Lauren Stover ◽  
Christian Muragijimana ◽  
Evan Thomas
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
International Development ◽  
Groundwater Resources ◽  
The United States ◽  
United States Government ◽  
Water Service ◽  
Natural Systems ◽  
Northern Kenya ◽  
Agency For International Development ◽  
Specialized Institutions

Increasing frequency and severity of drought is driving increased use of groundwater resources in arid regions of Northern Kenya, where approximately 2.5 million people depend on groundwater for personal use, livestock, and limited irrigation. As part of a broader effort to provide more sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene services in the region, we have collected data related to site functionality and use for approximately 120 motorized boreholes across five counties. Using a multilevel model to account for geospatial and temporal clustering, we found that borehole sites, which counties had identified as strategic assets during drought, ran on average about 1.31 h less per day compared to non-strategic borehole sites. As this finding was contrary to our hypothesis that strategic boreholes would exhibit greater use on average compared to non-strategic boreholes, we consider possible explanations for this discrepancy. We also use a coupled human and natural systems framework to explore how policies and program activities in a complex system depend on consistent and reliable feedback mechanisms. Funding was provided by the United States Agency for International Development. The views expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government.

Establishment of the International Finance Corporation: A Case Study

1956 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. E. Matecki
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
International Development ◽  
International Finance ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Organization ◽  
United States Government ◽  
International Finance Corporation ◽  
States Government

This article presents briefly the findings of a case study in which two questions are investigated:a) Did the idea of an International Finance Corporation, first publicly expounded by the United States International Development Advisory Board, have its source in a United States agency or in an international organization?b) What were the causes of the modification of policy announced by the United States government on November II, 1954, when it decided to support the establishment of the International Finance Corporation, and did international organizations have any part in bringing about this change of policy?

scholarly journals Saving North America's Endangered Species

Oryx ◽  
1958 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 365-372
Author(s):  
Frederick C. Lincoln
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Endangered Species ◽  
The United States ◽  
United States Government ◽  
States Government ◽  
Fish And Wildlife Service ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Careful Investigation

This is a brief report on some of the birds and mammals that are, or have been, on the endangered list and which, in whole or in part, are under the jurisdiction of the United States Government. It describes the position up to June 30, 1958.Species that apparently have been lost for ever include the ivory-billed woodpecker, Campephilus principalis, and the Eskimo curlew, Numenius borealis. It is believed that the last ivory-billed woodpecker was seen by a biologist of the Fish and Wildlife Service on what is known as the “Singer Tract” in northern Lousiana in 1944. Within recent years, reports have been received that there were a few of these birds in some remote swamps in northern Florida. Careful investigation by qualified ornithologists failed to confirm these reports and the refuge set up for their intended protection has been abandoned.* There has not been an authentic record of the Eskimo curlew since 1945, when two were rather reliably reported from Galveston Island, Texas.

scholarly journals Assessing Student Learning Outcomes in United States Government Courses

2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (01) ◽  
pp. 127-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard Champney ◽  
Paul Edleman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Student Learning Outcomes ◽  
The United States ◽  
United States Government ◽  
Science Majors ◽  
Student Knowledge ◽  
States Government ◽  
Current Events ◽  
Males And Females

AbstractThis study employs the Solomon Four-Group Design to measure student knowledge of the United States government and student knowledge of current events at the beginning of a U.S. government course and at the end. In both areas, knowledge improves significantly. Regarding knowledge of the U.S. government, both males and females improve at similar rates, those with higher and lower GPAs improve at similar rates, and political science majors improve at similar rates to non-majors. Regarding current events, males and females improve at similar rates. However, those with higher GPAs and political science majors improve more than others.

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