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Thread ID: 6450 | Posts: 5 | Started: 2003-05-02
2003-05-02 18:41 | User Profile
Seems that those advanced and technology savvy folks can't quite make it on thieir own. Again the USA lothed and admonished for being so selfish have coughed up (at taxpayer expense) quite a chunk of change to assist the less fortunate. This link provides an overview of the past few years, this year looks to be on the same trend. Note these are only USAID funds much more goes to the corrupt government as military and other types of assistance.
Original Link [url=http://www.usaid.gov/country/ane/in/]USAID.GOV[/url]
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India Overview Development Challenge
The USAID Program
Other Program Elements
Other Donors
Program Data Sheets
Summary Tables
USAID Search: India
Previous Years' Activities 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997
Last updated: Wednesday, 29-May-2002 18:51:26 EDT
THE DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE: The USAID program advances the transformation of the U.S.-India relationship by addressing four of the nine U.S. national interests identified in the U.S. Mission Performance Plan: (1) economic prosperity achieved through opening markets; (2) global issues of population growth, infectious diseases, and climate change; (3) development and democracy concerns of alleviating poverty, reducing malnutrition, and improving the status of women; and (4) humanitarian response by saving lives and reducing suffering associated with disasters. India has the potential to be a catalyst for economic growth and development in an unstable region, and is a key U.S. ally in the war on terrorism.
One-sixth of the worldââ¬â¢s people and one-third of the worldââ¬â¢s poor live in India. It has 30% of the worldââ¬â¢s births, 20% of the worldââ¬â¢s maternal deaths and 25% of the worldââ¬â¢s child deaths. More than half of Indiaââ¬â¢s children are malnourished. Two-thirds of city dwellers lack sewerage and one-third lack potable water. About four million people are infected with HIV and more than two million develop active tuberculosis each year. Only 54% of women are literate, compared with 76% of males. India faces daunting challenges. Economic reforms of the 1990s lifted more than 100 million people out of abject poverty, but economic growth is now faltering. More than 300 million people are still poor. Six critical issues must be addressed to continue Indiaââ¬â¢s impressive gains in poverty alleviationââ¬â
Population Stabilization and Child Survival: Good health is still an elusive goal for hundreds of millions. With more than a billion people, India accounts for more than one sixth of global population growth (17 million additional people a year). One of every 11 children dies before reaching the age of five. More than 125,000 women die every year from pregnancy and child birth-related causes. HIV/AIDS and Infectious Diseases: India has nearly four million HIV infected people. Other infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis and polio, are rife. Over 420,000 Indians die annually from tuberculosis. India is one of the worldââ¬â¢s last reservoirs of polio. Infrastructure: India is rapidly urbanizing, with an increased need for better quality services that are both economically and environmentally sustainable. Power and clean water are particularly important. The growing demand for power, fueled largely by high-ash coal, makes India a major global polluter, with significant health consequences. The inability to fully reform the power sector has dramatically increased Indiaââ¬â¢s fiscal deficit. Equity: Girlsââ¬â¢ enrollment in school lags behind that of boys. Estimates indicate that 100 million children are "out of school," with over 44 million of these children employed in industries. Economic Reform: Economic reforms led to stronger growth, higher investment flows and a growth in trade. However, real gross domestic product (GDP) growth is decelerating. An inefficient financial system, a growing fiscal deficit, inadequate infrastructure and inefficient power sector management are the principal constraints. Humanitarian Assistance: India is prone to natural disasters. In the past year it has suffered from a devastating earthquake, widespread drought, and severe flooding. The September 2001 Presidential determination to waive the Glenn Amendment sanctions on India permits USAID support for new economic and social investments. These investments will accelerate Indiaââ¬â¢s growth, provide new opportunities for U.S. business, and mitigate critical social constraints.
THE USAID PROGRAM: USAID will devote $70,878,000 in DA, $7,000,000 in ESF, and $86,431,000 in P.L. 480 funds in FY 2002. USAID is requesting $75,185,000 in DA, $25,000,000 in ESF, and $91,288,000 in P.L. 480 funds in FY 2003 for Indiaââ¬Ës seven strategic objectives. These objectives focus on improving the quality of and access to reproductive health services; providing supplementary food and health services to the poor; fostering energy efficiency, improving environmental conditions in urban areas; reducing transmission of infectious diseases; expanding service delivery networks for women; improving capacity of financial markets and government to accelerate economic growth; and reducing suffering associated with natural disasters and establishing conditions for rehabilitation. FY 2002 funds will be used to implement the program as currently planned and previously described in the FY 2002 Congressional Budget Justification. USAID also intends to use FY 2002 funds to carry out certain new activities in response to changing circumstances. The specific activities to be funded by FY 2002 appropriations are described in more detail in the following Program Data Sheets. USAID is currently developing a new Country Strategic Plan for FY 2003ââ¬âFY 2007. USAID will use the FY 2003 request to fund new strategic objectives to respond to Indiaââ¬â¢s pressing needs by focusing on economic growth, health, energy/environment, humanitarian assistance, and education programs.
ONGOING PROGRAMS FOR WHICH NO FY 2002 OR FY 2003 FUNDING IS REQUESTED: None.
OTHER PROGRAM ELEMENTS: In addition to the bilateral program, the Asia and Near East Bureauââ¬â¢s (ANE) South Asia Regional Initiative/Energy (SARI/Energy) program encourages regional cooperation in energy development and the eventual trade in clean energy resources among South Asian countries. ANEââ¬â¢s Improved South Asia Regional Stability through Democracy and Human Rights objective funds programs to combat abusive child labor practices and improve womenââ¬â¢s microfinance services. The United States-Asia Environmental Partnership promotes a clean environmental revolution in India. The Bureau for Global Health has an activity in India to reduce fertility through voluntary practices. The Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade has a Regional Urban Development Office in India, which frames the policy and provides strategic direction to USAIDââ¬â¢s shelter and urban programs in the South and Central Asia region. USAIDââ¬â¢s Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance activities in India promote child survival, reduce the spread of HIV, treat victims of torture and violence, help electric cooperatives meet growing electrical services needs, increase food quality and quantity, and demonstrate U.S. educational and medical technologies and practices in India.
South Asian development challengesââ¬âpoor governance, tenuous civil liberties and individual rights, adult illiteracy, and poor economic growthââ¬âthreaten the regionââ¬â¢s prospects for longterm development and stability. USAID plans a new initiative in South Asia to improve the regionââ¬â¢s social and economic conditions, and thereby reduce the risk of regional and global instability. India will be a key beneficiary of the new initiative.
OTHER DONORS: The United States is the third largest bilateral donor to India, after Japan and the United Kingdom. Six multilateral and 13 bilateral donors provide economic assistance to India. USAID collaborates with other donors on reproductive health, HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, air pollution control, urban environmental infrastructure, and womenââ¬â¢s empowerment.
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2003-05-02 18:46 | User Profile
Its all the damn Muslims' fault.
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
2003-05-03 17:57 | User Profile
As noted it is mere market opening exercise
RBAN, Your silly rationalizations never end. And while true that in the grand scheme of things a few hundred million is pretty small change, it does show that the esteemed and advanced culture you proselytize unendingly about is really just another third world country mired in poverty, pollution, and disease, which is unable to take care of itself.
2003-08-11 14:45 | User Profile
remember america took 150 years after independence to reach where it is now.india got independence only 50 years back.although there is much more to do but it is defentily not as bad as some people make out to be.
2003-08-17 07:37 | User Profile
rban wrote
And a couple of hundred million bucks in nothing for an economy of 2 trillion.
rban has never been one for letting facts get in the way of a chance to boost his homeland, but my sources indicate the GNP of India is approx 450 Bn not 2 trillion.