USAID [to 19 April 2014]
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Press Releases
USAID Recognizes Mexican Entrepreneurs for Novel Approaches to Development Challenges
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
To foster innovation in Mexico, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Earl Anthony Wayne, and Mexican Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo today awarded four Mexican entrepreneurs with grants through USAID’s Innovation Fund for the Americas.

U.S. and Mexico Partner to Increase Cacao Production in El Salvador
April 15, 2014
The Governments of the United States and Mexico today partnered with the Government of El Salvador to increase cacao production as an alternative source of income for rural farmers affected by the coffee rust outbreak.

Statement from USAID Associate Administrator Mark Feierstein and Assistant Administrator Paige Alexander on the signing of a $1 billion loan guarantee agreement with the Government of Ukraine
April 14, 2014
The United States today reaffirmed its strong commitment to the people of Ukraine and their democratic transition by signing a $1 billion sovereign loan guarantee agreement with the Ukrainian Government. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew and Ukraine Minister of Finance Oleksandr Shlapak participated in the signing ceremony in the Cash Room at the Department of Treasury in Washington, D.C.

Impact Blog
South Sudan on the Brink of Famine Demands Urgent Action
April 18, 2014 — Nancy Lindborg, Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance
On the first of April, I walked with great sadness through the United Nations compound in Juba, capital of South Sudan, the world’s newest nation, now in free fall after a hopeful beginning three years ago. The compound is sheltering more than 21,000 displaced people who fled to safety after a…