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Meaning of "aid agency" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AID AGENCY

aid agency  [eɪd ˈeɪdʒənsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AID AGENCY

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Aid agency is a noun.
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WHAT DOES AID AGENCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Aid agency

An aid agency is an organisation dedicated to distributing aid. Many professional aid organisations exist, both within government (e.g. AusAID, USAID, DFID, EuropeAid, ECHO), between governments as multilateral donors (e.g. UNDP) and as private voluntary organizations (or non-governmental organisations, (e.g. ActionAid, Ducere Foundation, Oxfam, World Vision). The International Committee of the Red Cross is unique in being mandated by international treaty to uphold the Geneva Conventions. Aid can be subdivided into two categories: humanitarian aid (emergency relief efforts, e.g. in response to natural disasters), and development aid (or foreign aid), aimed at helping countries to achieve long-term sustainable economic growth, with the aim of achieving poverty reduction. Some aid agencies carry out both kinds of aid (e.g. EcoCARE Pacific Trust and ADRA), whilst others specialise (e.g. Red Cross, humanitarian aid; War on Want, development aid).

Definition of aid agency in the English dictionary

The definition of aid agency in the dictionary is an organization that gives money, equipment, or services to people who need them but who cannot provide them for themselves.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AID AGENCY


agency
ˈeɪdʒənsɪ
astringency
əˈstrɪndʒənsɪ
cogency
ˈkəʊdʒənsɪ
contingency
kənˈtɪndʒənsɪ
counterinsurgency
ˌkaʊntərɪnˈsɜːdʒənsɪ
currency
ˈkʌrənsɪ
detergency
dɪˈtɜːdʒənsɪ
efficiency
ɪˈfɪʃənsɪ
emergency
ɪˈmɜːdʒənsɪ
frequency
ˈfriːkwənsɪ
insurgency
ɪnˈsɜːdʒənsɪ
interagency
ˌɪntərˈeɪdʒənsɪ
multiagency
ˈmʌltɪˌeɪdʒənsɪ
newsagency
ˈnjuːzˌeɪdʒənsɪ
nonemergency
ˌnɒnɪˈmɜːdʒənsɪ
potency
ˈpəʊtənsɪ
pungency
ˈpʌndʒənsɪ
regency
ˈriːdʒənsɪ
stringency
ˈstrɪndʒənsɪ
urgency
ˈɜːdʒənsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AID AGENCY

aichmophobia
aid
aid climbing
aid worker
aid-de-camp
Aidan
aidance
aidant
aide
aide-de-camp
aide-memoire
aider
aides-de-camp
aides-memoire
aidful
Aidin
aidless
aidman
aidoi

WORDS THAT END LIKE AID AGENCY

ad agency
advertising agency
consistency
credit agency
employment agency
Environment Agency
Environmental Protection Agency
estate agency
European Space Agency
Food Standards Agency
intelligence agency
law enforcement agency
literary agency
news agency
recruitment agency
relief agency
state of emergency
the point of tangency
the Regency
tourist agency
travel agency

Synonyms and antonyms of aid agency in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «aid agency» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AID AGENCY

Find out the translation of aid agency to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of aid agency from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «aid agency» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

援助机构
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

agencia de ayuda
570 millions of speakers

English

aid agency
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सहायता एजेंसी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وكالة المساعدات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

агентство по оказанию помощи
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

agência de ajuda
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাহায্য সংস্থা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Les agences d´aide
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Agensi bantuan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hilfsorganisation
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

援助機関
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지원 기관
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bantuan agensi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cơ quan viện trợ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உதவி நிறுவனம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सहाय्य एजन्सी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yardım ajansı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

agenzia di aiuto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

agencja pomoc
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

агентство з надання допомоги
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

agenție ajutor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπηρεσία βοήθειας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hulpagentskap
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

biståndsorganisationen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bistandsorganisasjon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of aid agency

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AID AGENCY»

The term «aid agency» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.638 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AID AGENCY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «aid agency» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «aid agency» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about aid agency

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AID AGENCY»

Discover the use of aid agency in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to aid agency and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Aid to Africa: So Much To Do, So Little Done
This will include two or three categories, depending on the aid agency. The first category is the allocation of aid by country. Did the aid agency provide significant amounts of its resources to African governments that were poor development ...
Carol Lancaster, 1999
2
U.S. Development Aid--an Historic First: Achievements and ...
The notable exception was its refusal to dilute control of annual appropriations. Congress did make an important financial concession by authorizing the aid agency to make development loan commitments to Third World governments for up to ...
Samuel Hale Butterfield, 2004
3
The Institutional Economics of Foreign Aid
Consider the extreme case of full collusion of interest between suppliers and the aid agency or politician. The agency would notinvest in evaluation at all so as to make life easier for its suppliers. Consequently, E = 0 and suppliers' efforts to ...
Bertin Martens, Uwe Mummert, Peter Murrell, 2002
4
Foreign Aid and Foreign Policy: Lessons for the Next ...
Three interrelated organizational characteristics affect aid agency influence: degree of unification of aid responsibilities in a single government agency, organizational location of an aid agency, and organizational status in the bureaucratic ...
Louis A. Picard, Robert Groelsema, Terry F. Buss, 2007
5
Foreign Aid Reform: Agency Coordination
United Kingdom The United Kingdom is a major donor nation that has created the equivalent of a cabinet-level international aid agency. The UK Department for International Development (DFID) was created in 1997 by the incoming Labour ...
Marian Leonardo Lawson, 2010
6
Organizing U.S. Foreign Aid: Confronting the Challenges of ...
A unified aid agency may be the best option for the long-run effectiveness of U.S. development policies and programs. But creating it would take time and involve significant political costs, as experience with the creation of a new Department of  ...
Carol Lancaster, Ann Van Dusen, 2005
7
American and Soviet Aid: A Comparative Analysis
There seems to be a persistent desire to accompany a new policy emphasis in the aid program with a brand new agency having a clean slate and not being identified with whatever frustrations and problems are associated with the aid agency ...
Robert S. Walters, 1970
8
Sacred Aid: Faith and Humanitarianism
The aid agency helped find an Imam who would come into their office and offer classes on the Koran and spiritual guidance for those who wished to attend. Attendance was high, and the agency reports that workers commitment to the mission ...
Michael Barnett, Janice Stein, 2012
9
Media, Bureaucracies, and Foreign Aid: A Comparative ...
Another is the inability to agree on creation of an aid agency along the lines ofUSAID in the United States, the ODA in Britain or the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) in Canada, or even on a basic policy that would govern ...
Douglas A. Van Belle, Jean-Sébastien Rioux, David M. Potter, 2004
10
The European Productivity Agency and Transatlantic ...
... footnote 27). 6 MBZ, DGEM-Archief 663/EPA Algemeen, f. "1477," Itr., Hijmans to Berger and de Milly, 9.11. 1954, art.: note, 9.11. 1954. dollars. This capital fund , ten million dollars, constituted the main 115 AN AMERICAN AID AGENCY A ...
Bent Boel, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AID AGENCY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term aid agency is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Aid agency reviewing Afghan school figures
A USAID official has ordered a review of Afghan school enrolment data after the country's education minister implied the numbers are ... «Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Jul 15»
2
PDS lawyers move in as direct action bites
As the Gazette went to press, the Legal Aid Agency confirmed that the PDS had picked up 'a small number of cases' in Liverpool. «Law Gazette, Jul 15»
3
Cornwall's ShelterBox aid agency in line for national award
Its first-ever direct-mail campaign was conceived by ShelterBox's Individual Giving team, and charity direct marketing experts On Agency. «West Briton, Jul 15»
4
IRIN's Top Picks: Racism, corruption and oligopoly
As Oxfam's Duncan Green points out in this provocative piece, the aid agency approach of treating the topic as taboo has monumentally failed. “It's amazing how ... «IRINnews.org, Jul 15»
5
Aid agency closes Afghan health centre after special forces raid
KABUL (AFP) - A major international medical aid agency Thursday lashed out at Afghan special forces for an "unacceptable" raid on a ... «DunyaNews Pakistan, Jul 15»
6
International aid agencies gain unexpected help from corporate sector
... approach taken by Google who fears that formal co-operation could make engineers prey to faulty aid agency methods of problem-solving. «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
7
Australia's 'aid for trade' strategy a springboard for aid impact
The Abbott government's decision to cut back on development assistance, dissolve its main aid agency, and push aid for trade forward as the ... «Devex, Jul 15»
8
The most important aid organisation you've never heard of
A UN source said he expected it to operate as the Gulf State's equivalent of USAID – the state aid agency of the United States – and that it ... «IRINnews.org, Jul 15»
9
Legal aid work refused by law firms in cutbacks protest
A Ministry of Justice spokesman said the Legal Aid Agency had plans in place to ensure the criminal justice system would operate effectively ... «BBC News, Jun 15»
10
Criminal Bar Association may ballot for strike action in protest …
On 29 June, the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) denied pressurising solicitors not to turn down legal aid cases, despite a number of lawyers informing ... «The Independent, Jun 15»

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