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Country Assistance Strategy 2010-2014
Ken Lyvers, Director of the Offcie of Sustainable Development, talks with Michael Grizzle, Chairman of the South West Local Forest Management Committee about micro-propogared plants at a greenhouse handover and demonstration plot ceremony in Quick Step, Trelawny in Jamaica. The micro-propogation of selected medicinal plants is one of the initiatives under USAID's Protected Areas and Rural Enterprise project.
USAID/Jamaica is at work throughout the country to accelerate sustainable and equitable growth in a more competitive world.
USAID/Jamaica's programs are organized around five strategic objectives:
Economic Growth: Increased trade competitiveness in targeted industries
Rural Development: Natural assets managed for rural development
Health: Improved health status among youth and most vulnerable groups
Education: Improved education of targeted Jamaican youth
Democracy: Increased accountability, citizen security and participation
USAID/Jamaica Country Assistance Strategy 2010-2014 19 May 2009 [pdf, 161 KB]
Last updated September 30, 2009
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