United States aid to Sudan
[1] This act was passed in the wake of the Marshall Plan, in which the U.S. provided aid to European countries devastated as a result of World War II.
$127.6 million for water sanitation, hygiene, health, shelter, and infrastructure was provided to Sudanese refugees in eastern Chad in 2009.
[5] A goal of USAID in Sudan is to build local Sudanese capacity to address the causes and effects of political conflict, violence, and instability.
[5] By improving infrastructure and connections from isolated communities such as Loun-Ariik, USAID creates a more favorable environment for market development.
Sudan is the U.S. government's highest priority in Africa due to "its importance for counter-terrorism and regional stability, as well as the magnitude of human rights and humanitarian abuses".
[10] This explains the high level of U.S. funding, particularly within the peace and security sector, during the years immediately after the 2005 signing of the CPA in Sudan.
The U.S. government's priority was to assist in the implementation of the agreement,[9] as Sudan's ability to achieve stability rested primarily on the CPA.
USAID states the following as key objectives for the Economic Support Fund: One use for these funds is to "assist countries and regions at risk of civil unrest by helping these countries fight poverty, build democratic institutions to guarantee human rights, and provide basic services and economic opportunities to their populations.
[9] Of this funding, the amount allocated towards conflict mitigation and reconciliation in Sudan has fluctuated dramatically in recent years.
This includes building the capacity of local authorities to deliver peace dividends and enforce the rule of law.
USAID also assists existing mechanisms that support consensus-building through key political processes to mitigate potentially catalytic conflicts.
[13] The information used to assess performance is attained by Department of State agencies, its partners, and multilateral global bodies such as the United Nations and the World Bank.
A June 2010 USAID report stated "capacity building efforts in Southern Sudan are currently neither strategic nor focused.
