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Appendix E: Issues That Deserve Additional Analyses by Others
Pages 127-130

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... Taking into account these new initiatives as well as USAID's long-time historical reliance on S&T embedded in many of its programs, the committee responsible for this NRC report decided to focus on some of the overarching strategy and policy concerns that are common to both USAID and the Department of State. Also, the committee addressed the significance to the American embassies in USAID-countries to be able to draw on the outreach capabilities of USAID missions in carrying out the department's diplomatic responsibilities.
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From page 128...
... The Export-Import Bank and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation are significant contributors to development activities, often based in part on S&T inputs. And in recent years, the Department of Defense, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Agriculture have obtained expanded responsibilities directly linked to global health, the world's food supply, disaster relief, and other international development priorities that are intertwined with S&T considerations.
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From page 129...
... Also, the department has undertaken a broad effort, within constraints on funding that is embedded in administrative budgets, to green the department's facilities in the United States and its embassies overseas. The objective is not only to directly conserve energy and protect the environment (e.g., certification of its buildings as LEED buildings)
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