The USAID Mission in Bangladesh is one of the largest USAID development assistance

programs in the world. USAID has been a development partner in Bangladesh since the

country’s independence in 1971. The U.S. Government, through USAID, has provided over

$6 billion in development assistance to Bangladesh since 1971. In 2012 alone, USAID

provided more than $200 million to improve the lives of people in Bangladesh. USAID

supports programs in Bangladesh that: promote democratic institutions and practices, expand

food security and economic opportunity, improve health and education services, and increase

resiliency to climate change through adaptation and low carbon development.

Over the next five years, USAID will support the Government of Bangladesh’s plans to

transform its economy to achieve Bangladesh’s ambitious vision of becoming a middle

income country by 2021 when Bangladesh celebrates its 50th year of independence. In 2011,

USAID/Bangladesh developed a five year country development cooperation strategy based

on GOB’s national plans, including the Sixth Five?Year Plan for 2011–2015. The goal of

USAID/Bangladesh’s strategy is for Bangladesh to become a knowledge-based, healthy, food

secure and climate resilient middle-income democracy.

Under the USAID/Bangladesh strategy, one of the core objectives is to improve health status

through increased use of integrated and effective family planning and reproductive health

services and strengthened health systems and governance.

USAID implements a broad range of health service delivery and health systems strengthening

projects as part of the Global Health Initiative, the U.S. Government’s portfolio of health

programs and investments. USAID helps the GOB to adopt and scale up proven interventions

that increase access to voluntary family planning, reduce maternal and child mortality and

improve nutritional status. Our projects also work to reduce the burden of tuberculosis, avian

influenza, and other infectious diseases and keep HIV/AIDS prevalence below one percent.

USAID funds NGOs and government programs to improve and expand health care services

for the poorest communities. Home and community-based programs provide prenatal and

postnatal care and safe birth delivery by trained birth attendants for mothers. USAID support

ensures the availability of contraceptives through a nationwide social marketing program that

includes more than 200,000 sales outlets. In education, USAID supports improved pre-

school and basic education programs in over 2,400 schools and a Bangladesh version of the

Sesame Street television program, reaching nine million viewers weekly. The FY 2012

budget for these programs is $103.5 million, including $25.9 million in FFP resources.

USAID is the lead U.S. Government agency that works to end extreme global poverty

and enable resilient, democratic societies to realize their potential.

Assistance to Foreign Countries

U.S. foreign assistance has always had the twofold purpose of furthering America's interests

while improving lives in the developing world. USAID carries out U.S. foreign policy by

promoting broad-scale human progress at the same time it expands stable, free societies,

creates markets and trade partners for the United States, and fosters good will abroad.

Spending less than 1 percent of the total federal budget, USAID works in over 100 countries

to:

Promote broadly shared economic prosperity;

Strengthen democracy and good governance;

Protect human rights;

Improve global health,

Advance food security and agriculture;

Improve environmental sustainability;

Further education;

Help societies prevent and recover from conflicts; and

Provide humanitarian assistance in the wake of natural and man-made disasters.

USAID History

Celebrating Fifty Years of Progress

When the United States Agency for International

Development (USAID) was created, it brought

together several existing foreign assistance

organizations and programs. Until then, there

had never been a single agency charged with

foreign economic development, so with the

passage of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961

(pdf) by Congress, U.S. foreign assistance activities underwent a major transformation.

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