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Aid in Action: Delivering on Results

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Aid in Action: Delivering on Results

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Slideshow: Delivering on Results

Driving human progress is at the core of our mission, but what do development results look like?

A community health volunteer applies chlorhexidine to the umbilical cord of a newborn delivered at home in Banke district.

Brasília’s food distribution center: Embrapa improved the production and the distribution of food in Brazil.

From Famine to Feast in Brazil

Hamidou Ly, right, and son Mamadou work in their sorghum field cultivated with conservation farming techniques. They are wrappin

Surplus in Senegal, Even Without the Rains

Indonesian youth hold lanterns during a candle-light vigil to mark World AIDS Day in Jakarta Dec. 1, 2009. More than 30 million

Microbicide Gel Reduces HIV Transmission to Women

A woman sells vegetables at a local produce market in Georgia.

The Domino Effect of Reform

Anthony Lake converses with a family outside a health center in Ethiopia in June 2009, before taking up his post with UNICEF, as

A Promise Renewed: A Great Global Ambition and Every Father's Dream

A Maasai father and son tend to their cattle in Kitengela, Kenya.

East Africa's Dryland Herders Take Out a Policy for Survival

Maryuri Arellano gives a health talk on adolescent pregnancy prevention.

A USAID Legacy in Latin America: Smaller Families and Better Health

Lolita Singahan outside her school.

For Text-Savvy Filipinos, Mobile Banking Is a Crucial Bridge

Sanergy hosts a marketing event in a Kenyan community to generate demand for its low-cost, hygienic sanitation centers. The toil

The Business of Waste

Faris Malik in his expanded Tikrit workshop.

Microfinance Fuels Iraq's Growing Private Sector

Young men from Zulpuev municipality clear the irrigation canal so thousands of farmers can receive water to maintain their crop

Water and Hope Flow Back into Kyrgyzstan's Hard-Hit South

Yashraj Khaitan (left) and Jacob Dickinson, both founders of Gram Power, stand next to several solar panels in India. The panels

A 'Micro' Solution to India's Major Energy Woes

In 2009, the isolated Tabia Debre Abay community built this Alternative Basic Education Center in Tigray, Ethiopia, with USAID s

The Education Alternative

A laboratory technician prepares a sample for genotyping at the government-run Ifakara Health Institute in Bagamoyo, Tanzania, w

Building on Vaccine Achievements, Agency and Partners Ramp Up to Save 4 Million Lives

A beneficiary of the USAID-supported Productive Safety Net Program living near the Mai-Aqui site, in Tigray, Ethiopia, gushes ab

Catching Ethiopians Before They Fall

Girls in Jerash pose in front of their school’s storage tank that is painted to look like an aquarium.

Water from a Stone: Jordanians Stretch Meager Resources to Sustain Syrian Refugees

In the city of Cuernavaca, police officers participate in a field exercise to preserve and protect crime scenes, which includes

Police and Prosecutors Join Forces in Mexico

An activist sets up a red ribbon during the commemoration of the World AIDS Day in San Salvador.

Your Voice: In it to Save Lives

A teacher demonstrates neonatal resuscitation to two midwifery students in Badakhshan, Afghanistan. The country's maternal and i

Afghanistan: On the Road to Recovery