The Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC) is the

U.S. Agency for International Development The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government that is primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance. With a budget of over $27 bil ...

(USAID) online repository for materials documenting its nearly half century offering international

humanitarian aid Humanitarian aid is material and logistic assistance to people who need help. It is usually short-term help until the long-term help by the government and other institutions replaces it. Among the people in need are the homeless, refugees, and ...

and economic, agricultural, trade, health, and democratic support. Established in 1975, the DEC now holds over 168,000 documents, with over 157,000 of them available electronically. The collection includes

oral histories Oral history is the collection and study of historical information about individuals, families, important events, or everyday life using audiotapes, videotapes, or transcriptions of planned interviews. These interviews are conducted with people wh ...

of retired USAID staff, program planning documents from USAID, as well as descriptions of past projects that USAID has sponsored.Lee White's History of the DIS (as told to R&RS staff, November 1989)
/ref> DEC also produces the ''DEC Express'', a biweekly electronic publication. DEC has offices in the

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Washington, D.C. ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ...

References

External links

Official website
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