FY 2007-2012 Department of State and USAID Strategic Plan Bureau
of Resource Management May 2007  The United States can help
transform South and Central Asia—with nearly a quarter of the
world's population—into a more democratic and economically
vibrant region. However, it is home to some very real and
immediate global threats—proliferation of WMD, Islamic
extremism, terrorism, narcotics production and pandemics—which,
along with poverty, illiteracy, and corrupt institutions,
severely constrain its capacity to realize its full potential.
The Department of State and USAID will work with interagency and
international partners to: help build regional stability by
countering terrorism and narcotics production and resolving
conflict; deny proliferation routes through the region; promote
regional integration through energy, infrastructure, trade, and
communication projects; strengthen democracy and good
governance; and create healthy, better educated, and more
prosperous populations.  Regional Priorities  Afghanist