Development Challenges for Ukraine:
10 Years After Independence

Presentation by Christopher Crowley, Director of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), Regional Mission for Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus.

Date: Thursday, January 24, 2002
Time: 4:30 - 6:00 pm
Place: Main Public Library (8th &Vine Streets), Tower Room, 3rd Floor, Cincinnati, Ohio
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: World Affairs Council of Greater Cincinnati, 432 Walnut Street, Suite 900, Cincinnati, OH 45202; Tel: 513-621-2320; Fax: 513-562-4964; world1@mindspring.com

Christopher D. Crowley is the Director of the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) Regional Mission for Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus. As Director, Mr. Crowley is responsible for administering over $115 million in annual economic assistance for all three countries. Mr. Crowley has been a member of the U.S. Foreign Service for over 3O years. Mr. Crowley was the director of USAID's assistance program in West Bank/ Gaza from 1994-99, and he has also served in Egypt, India, Syria, Korea and Vietnam. Mr. Crowley was raised in Cincinnati, graduating from St. Francis Xavier High School in 1962.

Mr. Crowley is in Ohio accompanying the Governor Yevgen Kushnaryov of  Ukraine's Kharkiv regional administration. Kharkiv is a sister city of Cincinnati, Ohio.  This tour was made possible by USAID and the Center for Economic Initiatives (CEI).