Diseases that can be readily prevented threaten the health of the world's poor. About 70 per cent of the poorest people in developing countries live in rural areas. Provide Essential Infrastructure Essential infrastructure is fundamental to poverty reduction and sustainable development. It provides access to needed resources and markets, improving both agricultural and urban productivity. Both globally and in our region the need for humanitarian and emergency assistance has reached unprecedented levels.
Poor people suffer most from the consequences of environmental damage.
Preventing environmental degradation is essential to poverty reduction and ensuring development is sustainable. Measuring Our Performance Measuring and improving our performance is essential to delivering a high quality aid program and ensuring accountability. AusAID will continue to assess and improve our systems to ensure performance reporting is effective. AusAID - A Snapshot AusAID is an administratively autonomous agency within the Foreign Affairs and Trade Portfolio. It is responsible for the management of the official Australian Government overseas aid program.