USAID is a U.S. federal government agency that implements America's foreign economic and humanitarian assistance programs. Headquartered in Washington D.C., it provides assistance in five regions of the world: Sub-Saharan Africa; Asia; Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe and Eurasia; and the Middle East. It's work supports long-term and equitable economic growth and advances U.S. foreign policy objectives by supporting:

• Economic growth, agriculture and trade;
• Global health;
• Democracy, conflict prevention and humanitarian assistance.

USAID's Microenterprise Development office supports microLINKS, a knowledge-sharing family of applications and tools designed to improve the impact of USAID microenterprise programs and activities. Click here to access the knowledge portal.

USAID's Microenterprise Results Reporting is a system for tracking the results of its microenterprise support efforts.