Development Assistance

U.S. funding of efforts to deploy vaccines for infectious diseases will help ensure numerous countries can access an eventual COVID-19 vaccine.

The U.N. charter laid out the principles that guide the United Nations. Learn how this document was shaped, and why it helps ensure the U.N.'s success.

Across South America, the State Department and USAID fund charity groups to help displaced Venezuelans find employment in their host countries.

U.S. scientists are developing new approaches to reduce desertification and in some cases return harmed land to its earlier fertile condition.

Learn how using genetically modified crops increases farmers' production and profits while reducing the need for pesticides.

The U.S. government has supplied funding, medical infrastructure and know-how to help allies in Central and South America tackle COVID-19.

USAID is providing $130 million to develop an initiative that will support maternal and child health care around the world.

More than 12 million women have been helped by the Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative. That number is expected to grow.

Learn about a U.S.-backed program that connects women from 21 African countries to markets in the U.S., the Americas, Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa.