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| 1990s || USAID’s top priority becomes sustainable development, or helping countries improve their own quality of life. During this decade, USAID tailors development assistance programs to the countries' economic conditions.<ref name="USAID HISTORY"/> During the 1990s, USAID engages in a process of structural reform. Programming and funding authority are being shifted dramatically within the Agency to further decentralize responsibilities. The centralized strategic decision making that characterized the Agency in the first part of the decade is being shifted to missions and the role of Global projects changes dramatically.<ref name="Three decades of USAID investments in immunization through the child survival revolution"/>
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| 2000s || "International Aid in the 2000s: War and RebuildingThe 2000s, brought more evolution for USAID and foreign assistance with government officials once again calling for reform of how the agency conducts businessrebuilding becomes a top concern. With the [[w:War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|Afghanistan ]] and [[w:Iraq War|Iraq wars in full swing]] at the height of activity, USAID was is called on to help those two countries rebuild government, infrastructure, civil society and basic services such as health care and education. The Agency began rebuilding with an eye to getting the most bang out of its funding allocations. It agency also began begins an aggressive campaign to reach out to new partner organizations – including the private sector and foundations – to extend the reach of foreign assistance.<ref name="USAID HISTORY"/>|-| 2010 || Today, USAID staff work works in more than 100 countries around the world with the same overarching goals that President Kennedy outlined 50 years ago – furthering America's foreign policy interests in expanding democracy and free markets while also extending a helping hand to people struggling to make a better life, recover from a disaster or striving to live in a free and democratic country. It is this caring that stands as a hallmark of the United States around the world."<ref name="USAID HISTORY"/>
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| 2008 || Program launch || USAID launches the "Development Leadership Initiative" to reverse the decline in USAID's Foreign Service Officer staffing, which has fallen to a total of about 1,200 worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|title=Survey of USAID's Development Leadership Initiative in Southern and Eastern Africa|url=https://oig.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/audit-reports/4-000-15-001-s.pdf|publisher=USAID Inspector General|accessdate=30 March 2019|page=1}}</ref> ||
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| 2009 || || As of June USAID has invested in {{w|Iraq}} approximately US$6.6 billion on programs designed to stabilize communities, foster economic and agricultural growth, and build the capacity of the national, local, and provincial governments to represent and respond to the needs of the people.<ref>{{cite web | title = Assistance for Iraq | publisher = [[USAID]] | url = http://usaid.gov/iraq/accomplishments/ | accessdate = 2014-08-07 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20111114202247/http://usaid.gov/iraq/accomplishments/ | archivedate = 2011-11-14 }}</ref> || {{w|Iraq}}
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| 2013 || Local retreat || The President of {{w|Bolivia}}, {{w|Evo Morales}}, asks USAID to close its mission, after having worked in the country for 49 years.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bolivia's President Morales expels USAID, accused it of working against him |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/bolivias-president-morales-expels-usaid-accused-it-of-working-against-him/2013/05/01/00e1ce28-b263-11e2-9fb1-62de9581c946_story.html |agency={{w|Washington Post}} |date=May 1, 2013}}</ref> || {{w|Bolivia}}
