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US Trade and Development Agency

This program advances economic development and US commercial interests in developing and middle income countries. It funds technical assistance and feasibility studies that support the development of modern infrastructures and fair, open trading environments. It focuses on economic sectors that may benefit from US exports.

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PERFORMING
Effective

This is the highest rating a program can achieve. Programs rated Effective set ambitious goals, achieve results, are well-managed and improve efficiency.
  • The program has helped advance US trade and foreign policy objectives and to promote US exports. It has done this by conducting feasibility studies that lead to large infrastructure projects such as airports and bridges. These projects benefit developing recipient countries and are oftentimes carried out by US firms expanding American exports.
  • In 2005, the Agency exceeded its target for identifying projects through its feasibility studies that have the potential for producting US exports. That target was 60%; the Agency achieved 66%. In 2005, the Agency generated $43.1 in US exports for every dollar of study funding; the target was $35.
  • As noted above, the program has established reasonable targets and collected sufficient information to document that it has met the short term targets. Information collection for long term goals requires 6 years of data and thus is ongoing.

Improvement Plan

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We are taking the following actions to improve the performance of the program:

  • Setting ambitious targets for the program to perform better each year.

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