International Cooperation Administration

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The International Cooperation Administration was a U.S. government agency in the 1950s responsible for administering foreign economic and technical assistance programs during the early Cold War.

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Label Occurrences
International Cooperation Administration canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal agency
foreign aid agency
appliesToJurisdiction foreign countries receiving U.S. aid
archivesAt National Archives and Records Administration
surface form: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
coordinatedWith Export-Import Bank of the United States
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Department of Defense
surface form: United States Department of Defense

World Bank
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolutionCause creation of USAID
dissolved 1961
fieldOfWork economic development
foreign aid
international development
technical assistance
foundedBy Eisenhower administration
hasMainTask administer foreign economic assistance
administer foreign technical assistance
coordinate technical cooperation projects
manage bilateral aid programs
provide development assistance to allied and developing countries
support U.S. foreign policy objectives during the Cold War
support anti-communist governments through aid
support economic stabilization in partner countries
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C.
inception 1955
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: Federal government of the United States
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalForm executive agency
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity District of Columbia
namedAfter international cooperation
operatedBy United States government
parentOrganization United States Department of State
partOf United States Cold War strategy
United States foreign assistance program
reasonForDissolution reorganization of U.S. foreign aid under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
replacedBy United States Agency for International Development
surface form: USAID

United States Agency for International Development
replaces Foreign Operations Administration
Technical Cooperation Administration
shortName ICA
timePeriod 1950s
Cold War
early 1960s
usedProgram capital assistance projects
economic aid missions
technical assistance missions
training and advisory services

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Foreign Operations Administration replacedBy International Cooperation Administration