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01-18-2007, 05:20 PM
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will donate US$27 million to various projects throughout the country in 2007. USAID director Richard Goughnour said that this sum would increase to US$32 million in 2008. Goughnour explained that most USAID funds are directed towards health, education, democracy, civil and judicial matters, and business, but did not give exact details on how much those sectors receive. He did say that local NGOs received between US$4 and US$5 million per year. Goughnour said that the current focus is strengthening the government and the justice system, but he announced that yesterday USAID gave the Public Health Ministry US$1.3 million to help in the fight against tuberculosis. USAID is responsible for most non-military foreign aid from the US, and has worked in the Dominican Republic for 45 years.
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