MORE THAN DOUBLE OUR COMMITMENT TO WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT, EQUALITY, AND EQUITY humanitarian leadership and maintains our ability to respond to an average of 75 disasters annually in more than 70 countries, including protracted crises such as Syria, Yemen, and the Venezuela regional crisis, new and emerging crises such as Ukraine and unexpected natural disasters such as earthquakes, typhoons, hurricanes, and floods. The request provides nearly $10.5 billion in humanitarian assistance funding at USAID and State, including $6.4 billion in USAID-administered humanitarian assistance to respond to record-high humanitarian needs due to new and protracted conflicts around the world, increasingly frequent and more severe natural disasters, and the lingering effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Provides critical humanitarian assistance to respond to unprecedented levels of need worldwide.Also promotes the responsible use of digital technology and data to improve development and humanitarian assistance outcomes. Provides tools to push back against digital repression and disinformation used by authoritarians to censor speech and stoke public anger against democratically-elected officials and civil society by promoting open, inclusive, and secure digital ecosystems to counter malign influences, advance internet freedom, and close digital divides.This amount is part of the total USAID and Department of State forien assistance request for democracy of $2.9 billion. The foreign assistance request includes $2.6 billion for USAID fully and partially managed accounts in foreign assistance funding for democracy, human rights, and governance programming.

Reinvigorates democracy, human rights, and governance to stem the tide of democratic backsliding and authoritarianism expands programming to address corruption and corrosive capital expands support for civil society and independent media and broadens support for human rights and rule of law, while increasing engagement with multilateral partners.The request includes $100 million to support the USAID-implemented Anti-Corruption Initiative which oversees a holistic set of programs to connect, empower, and protect anti-corruption champions and reformers strengthen partner countries’ ability to detect and prevent corruption and hold corrupt actors accountable and curb transnational corruption and crime by exposing and disrupting the flow of illicit money, goods, and natural resources. Intensifies our fight against corruption by expanding independence, oversight, and sanctioning, while elevating and integrating anti-corruption across USAID programming.KEY HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FY 2023 PRESIDENT’S BUDGET REQUEST FIGHT TRANSNATIONAL CORRUPTION AND ADVANCE DEMOCRACY Climate Leadership Address the Root Causes of Irregular Migration and Reinforce Global Health Leadership. This Budget will advance USAID efforts to: Fight Transnational Corruption and Advance Democracy Bolster Humanitarian Assistance More Than Double Our Commitment to Women’s Empowerment, Equality, and Equity Revitalize Our Workforce Restore U.S. The Biden-Harris Administration’s Request is a reflection of the critical importance of development and humanitarian assistance in advancing US interests around the world. The President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Budget Request for the State Department and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is $60.4 billion, which includes $29.4 billion for USAID fully and partially managed accounts, $1.7 billion (6 percent) above the FY 2022 Request.

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