Institute of Inter-American Affairs

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The Institute of Inter-American Affairs was a U.S. government agency created during World War II to promote economic development, public health, and technical cooperation across Latin American countries as part of broader hemispheric diplomacy efforts.


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf United States government agency
appliesToJurisdiction Central America
Latin America
South America
archivesAt U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
cooperatedWith Pan American Health Organization
ministries of agriculture in Latin American countries
ministries of health in Latin American countries
country United States of America
dissolved 1953
fieldOfWork agricultural development
education
international development
public health
sanitation
technical cooperation
foundedBy Government of the United States
hasActivity agricultural extension services
education and training programs
public health campaigns
rural development programs
sanitation projects
technical assistance
training of health personnel
hasPurpose economic development
hemispheric diplomacy
public health improvement
strengthening inter-American relations
technical cooperation
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C.
inception 1942
legalForm semi-autonomous government corporation
notableProject agricultural development programs in Mexico
health and sanitation programs in Brazil
rural health units in several Latin American countries
operatingPeriod World War II
early Cold War
parentOrganization Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
United States Department of State
partOf Good Neighbor policy
United States foreign aid program
United States wartime diplomacy
reasonForDissolution reorganization of United States foreign aid structure
replacedBy Foreign Operations Administration
United States Agency for International Development
usedProgramModel service contracts with host governments

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Institute of Inter-American Affairs ("Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs")
parentOrganization
Technical Cooperation Administration
replaced

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