Office of Transition Initiatives
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The Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) is part of the United States Agency for International Development
United States Agency for International Development
The United States Agency for International Development is the United States federal government agency primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid. President John F. Kennedy created USAID in 1961 by executive order to implement development assistance programs in the areas...

(USAID) Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance.

Formed in 1994, it has a role of "promoting reconciliation, jumpstarting local economies, supporting nascent independent media, and fostering peace and democracy through innovative programming."

Its predecessor was the Office of Democratic Initiatives, which was created by USAID in 1984.
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