Institute of Inter-American Affairs

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United States government agency

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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Institute of Inter-American Affairs canonical	1
Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States government agency ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Central America ⓘ Latin America ⓘ South America ⓘ
archivesAt	National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ surface form: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
cooperatedWith	WHO Regional Office for the Americas ⓘ surface form: 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	United States government ⓘ surface form: 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	Institute of Inter-American Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs United States Department of State ⓘ
partOf	Good Neighbor policy ⓘ Point Four Program ⓘ surface form: 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)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Technical Cooperation Administration → replaced → Institute of Inter-American Affairs ⓘ

Institute of Inter-American Affairs → parentOrganization → Institute of Inter-American Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs