8

3. Human capacity built through education and training

5

:

Basic Education:

Development Assistance

  Base Program:

$93 million

  New Initiative:

5 million

Economic Support Fund:

12 million

4. World population stabilized and human health protected:

Development Assistance:

$780 million

Economic Support Fund:

103 million

SEED Act:

6 million

FREEDOM Support Act:

82 million

5. The world's environment protected for long term

sustainability:

Development Assistance:

$290 million

Economic Support Fund:

200 million

SEED Act:

18 million

FREEDOM Support Act:

70 million

6. Lives saved, suffering associated with natural or man made

disasters reduced, and conditions for political and/or economic

development reestablished:

Disaster Assistance:

$160 million

Transition Assistance:

45 million

PL 480 Title II

837 million

In addition, the Agency is also requesting $484 million in

operating expenses to carry out its programs.

IV.

Performance Benchmarks for FY 1999

.

USAID's performance benchmarks for FY 1999 are presented by

Agency Goal.

Table 1:

USAID Strategic and Long Term Performance Goals

Funding for higher education will be re budgeted from the

economic growth and agricultural development goal area.