How the United States supports democratic development overseas.

Canadian Parliamentary Review | March 22, 2008| | Copyright

This article reviews United States democracy promotion efforts, and identifies the different governmental and non-governmental bodies involved in these efforts. The article focuses specifically on the efforts of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. Government's primary foreign assistance agency, which has been working in the area of democracy and governance assistance for the past three decades. Finally, the article will look at one specific area of democracy and governance assistance--legislative strengthening--as an example of the ...

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