Status of Presidential Initiatives Fy 2004

By International Development Agency

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Title:	Status of Presidential Initiatives Fy 2004
Author:	International Development Agency
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Language:	English
Subject:	United Nations., United Nations. Centre for Economic and Social Information, AID project impact evaluation report
Collections:	United Nations Library International Aid and Funding Collection
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Publisher:	United Nations Library International Aid and Funding


Citation APA MLA Chicago Agency, I. D. (n.d.). Status of Presidential Initiatives Fy 2004. Retrieved from http://self.gutenberg.org/

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Excerpt: Linking International Humanitarism and the War on Terror, Reconstruction of the Afghanistan highway illustrates a successful union between two bodies of theory and practice that are rarely linked analytically: international humanitarianism and the global war on terror. At the humanitarian level, the Kabul-Kandahar highway was a generous development contribution by the governments of the United States, Japan, and Saudi Arabia to one of the world?s most desperately poor places. The newly paved roadway will enable impoverished farmers to access new markets, spare sick children and pregnant women from an hours-long trip to health clinics, and facilitate school construction in isolated regions. On the counterterrorism level, the highway was a sizeable force in the war on terror. The terrorist enemies of President Karzai?s post-Taliban government found the roads threatening, as evidenced by their repeated attempts to disrupt its construction. As a counterterrorism weapon, the highway was carefully targeted to cut directly through the former Taliban strongholds in southeastern Afghanistan, and bolster the central government?s ability to link the nation?s two largest cities and extend services to ethnic Pashtun regions. The success of the road initiative in linking international humanitarianism and the global war on terror provides a tangible framework for these theories to act in unison in future reconstruction efforts.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iii COUNTRIES BENEFITING FROM PRESIDENTIAL INITIATIVES. . . . . . . . . .iv FY 2004 STATUS REPORT ON 13 PRESIDENTIAL INITIATIVES REPORTING DIRECTLY TO USAID?S CONSOLIDATED REPORTING SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Afghanistan Road Initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Africa Education Initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Centers for Excellence in Teacher Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Central American Free Trade Agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Clean Energy Initiative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Congo Basin Forest Partnership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Digital Freedom Initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Initiative to End Hunger in Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Trade for African Development and Enterprise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Volunteers for Prosperity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Water for the Poor Initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 PRESIDENTIAL INITIATIVES THAT TRACK AND REPORT RESULTS THROUGH MECHANISMS OTHER THAN USAID?S CONSOLIDATED REPORTING SYSTEM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Global Climate Change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Middle East Partnership Initiative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Millennium Challenge Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 The President?s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 President?s Initiative Against Illegal Logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Trafficking in Persons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33