Regional programs / Latin America and the Caribbean regional project 597-0000 · 1987–1995 · Academy for Educational Development, Inc. (AED)
The critical educational and human resource needs of Latin America and the Caribbean are a challenge to the donor community. This report presents an overview of the education sector portfolio of A.I.D.'s Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), and includes major sections on policy context, regional projects, and bilateral projects. The policy section summarizes A.I.D. policies on basic education and technical training. Also discussed are significant policy issues which have affected A.I.D.'s efforts in the region, including the Caribbean Basin Initiative and the recommendations of the National Bipartisan Commission on Central America (also known as the Kissinger Commission). Information is included in this section on broad funding patterns by subsector. The second section describes two regional projects which make up half the LAC Bureau's portfolio in education and human resources development. These projects, both developed in response to the Kissinger Commission report, are the Caribbean and Latin American Scholarship Program (CLASP), the most extensive scholarship program A.I.D. has undertaken in the region; and the Regional Technical Aid Center project (RTAC), a major
Source: DEC abstract, PN-ABC-026 (1987). The source's own text.
Operated in: El Salvador, Central America, Honduras, Latin America, Caribbean, Guatemala, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, South America, Peru.
When the program ran, from its start year to the latest document year. A hatched bar means the start is our estimate.
Axis: award years, end from years in documents. The start year comes from award fiscal year; the end is the latest document year, so the program may have run longer.
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Evaluation studies and evaluation-type documents linked to this program.
| Title | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Evaluation of Sani Radio | 1990 | Evaluation-type document |
| Evaluation of El Agricultor : a study of its educational and informational impact | 1990 | Evaluation-type document |
| Name | Role | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy for Educational Development, Inc. (AED) | implementer | 1988 to 1995 | Stated in a document | 14 sources |
| Juarez and Associates, Inc. | implementer | 1988 to 1989 | Stated in a document | 4 sources |
Awards, topics, similar programs and how to read this page.
Scope: regional. How the scope was set is not described yet. High confidence.
How sure we are: 0.9.
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAC-0000-C-6074 (contract, fiscal year not recorded) | 1988 to 1990 | Stated in a document | 10 sources |
| implementer |
| 1988 |
| Stated in a document |
| 3 sources |
| Anita F. Allen Associates, Inc. | implementer | 1988 | Stated in a document | 3 sources |
| Creative Associates International, Inc. (CAII) | implementer | 1990 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Development Technologies, Inc. (DevTech) | implementer | 1989 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
Districts, regions and facilities named in the program's own documents, not verified sites. Place dots exist for Malawi and Guatemala only so far.
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Solid: the documents describe the program's work there. Faint: named in the program's documents. Bigger means more mentions. Shown: region or province, district; squares are facilities.
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| DAN-5113-Z-7031 (other, fiscal year not recorded) | 1990 to 1995 | Stated in a document | 6 sources |
| LAC-0000-C-7050 (contract, fiscal year not recorded) | 1988 | Stated in a document | 3 sources |
| 597-0000-3-76-5304-10 (award, fiscal year not recorded) | 1990 to 1991 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| PDC-1109-I-7119 (idiq, fiscal year not recorded) | 1990 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| 597-0000-3-76-53041-00 (award, fiscal year not recorded) | 1990 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| USAID. Bur. for Latin America and the Caribbean. Ofc. of Development Resources | 1988 to 1991 | Stated in a document | 11 sources |
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central America Regional | 1987 to 1991 | Stated in a document | 11 sources |
| El Salvador | 1988 to 1989 | Stated in a document | 7 sources |
| Honduras | 1990 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| Peru | 1995 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
Sector profile (computed): Basic education (early childhood, primary, secondary, literacy, teachers) 29%; Maternal and child health 22%; Economic opportunity (microenterprise, jobs, skills, poverty reduction) 13%
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Program key prj:5970000