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Record Nr.

UNINA9910151730603321

Titolo

Foreign aid : analyses of efficiency, effectiveness and donor coordination / / Elizabeth S. Taylor, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Novinka, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-62618-903-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (139 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Foreign policy of the United States

Disciplina

338.91/73

Soggetti

Economic assistance, American

Economic assistance, American - Evaluation

United States Foreign economic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Edited, reformatted and augmented versions of Congressional Research Service publications: February 13, 2013, February 5, 2013, and February 10, 2011.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Does Foreign Aid Work? Efforts to Evaluate U.S. Foreign Assistance / Marian Leonardo Lawson, CRS -- Foreign Aid: International Donor Coordination of Development Assistance / Marian Leonardo Lawson, CRS -- Foreign Aid: An Introduction to U.S. Programs and Policy / Curt Tarnoff, Marian Leonardo Lawson, CRS.

Sommario/riassunto

Foreign assistance is a fundamental component of the international affairs budget and is viewed by many as an essential instrument of U.S. foreign policy. Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, foreign aid has increasingly been associated with national security policy. U.S. foreign aid policy has developed around three primary rationales: national security, commercial interests, and humanitarian concerns. These broad rationales are the basis for the myriad objectives of U.S. assistance, including promoting economic growth, reducing poverty, improving governance, expanding access to health care and education, promoting stability in conflictive regions, promoting human rights, strengthening allies, and curbing illicit drug production and trafficking. This book provides analyses of the efficiency, effectiveness and donor coordination outcomes relating to foreign aid.