Modes of assistance[edit]
USAID delivers both technical assistance and financial assistance.[9]
Technical assistance[edit]
Technical assistance includes technical advice, training, scholarships, construction, and commodities. Technical assistance is contracted or procured by USAID and provided in-kind to recipients. For technical advisory services, USAID draws on experts from other USG agencies, as well as contracting with experts from the private sector. Scholarships to U.S. universities are complemented by technical assistance to developing country universities, including establishing partnerships with U.S. universities. Commodity assistance is essential to disaster relief, and many host-government leaders have drawn on USAID's technical assistance for development of IT systems and computer hardware procurement to strengthen their institutions.
The various forms of technical assistance are frequently coordinated as capacity building packages for development of local institutions.