Overview
While India has the potential to be a catalyst for economic
growth and development in an unstable region; poverty, rapid
population growth, weak democratic institutions and health
issues challenge the country. The world's largest democracy,
it is also a key U.S. ally in the war on terrorism.
India is home to over 300 million people living in abject
poverty, and unemployment has reached 23 percent. South Asia's
modest economic growth rate of 5.2 percent in the '90s was
not fast enough to combat the high poverty plaguing the region.
Nor did it change the fact that one quarter of the world's
under-nourished people live in India. Unequal distribution
of food and land means that millions do not get enough to
eat and agricultural management is poor.
USAID Resources
USAID Program Briefing
2003 Annual
Report
2004
Congressional Budget Justification
Strategic
Plan
Selected
Reports on India from the USAID Document Database
India
Global Health Photo Gallery
Other Links
Dept.
of State Background Note
World
Bank in India
Asian
Development Bank India Page
UNDP in
India
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Zero Pollution Vehicles Travel the Streets in India
For the millions of Indians who live in the cities,
pollution is a grave health risk as well as a danger
to the environment. The Indian government, NGOs and
the private sector have banded together with USAID to
fight the pollution threatening their environment, economy
and health.(read
more)
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