United States. Agency for International Development

On September 4, 1961 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 vas signed into law. On November 4, 1961 the Agency for International Development was set up in the Department of State to succeed the International Cooperation Administration. The main objective of AID was to combine the various foreign assistance programs into one program which would assist the underdeveloped countries in maintaining their independence by making them self-supporting nations. The Development Loan Fund, created in 1957 was incorporated in AID and AID was made responsible for foreign economic assistance and the coordination of military assistance. The administration of the foreign aid program was largely reorganized at the time of the establishment of AID. The responsibility for operations was shifted from functional offices to geographic offices. Four regional offices representing Latin America, Europe and Africa, the Near East and South Asia, and the Far East were established with each having an assistant administrator responsible to the Administrator of AID. The effect of reorganization has been to plan aid on a country by country basis rather than project by project as was formerly done.

From the description of United States. Agency for International Development. Records, Programs, and Itineraries. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64061230

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