The United States Agency for International Development is the United States Government agency which is primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid. Responding to President Barack ...

Though other U.S. departments and agencies distribute foreign aid, USAID has doled out the bulk of international assistance for more than half a century. It has over 10,000 employees, about two ...

Created in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy, the U.S. Agency for International Development emerged from an effort to separate military and non-military assistance and revamp how the U.S ...