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Intro -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreign Aid Reform: Issues for Congress and Policy Options( -- Summary -- Overview -- Criticisms of Current Foreign Aid Structures and Programs -- Definitions and Data Sources -- Current Aid Platforms and Funding -- Aid Platforms -- Current Funding -- Statutory Basis of Foreign Assistance -- Historical Rationales for Foreign Assistance2 -- Trends in Foreign Assistance Funding -- Historic Trends -- New Presidential Initiatives -- Regional Distribution of Aid -- Sector Distribution of Aid -- Use of Supplementals -- Issues for Congress -- Revisiting the "Why" of Foreign Aid -- Recent Foreign Aid Reform -- Proposed Levels of Foreign Assistance -- 0.7% of GNI -- Increase by 1% of Budget -- Maintain Current Aid Levels -- Policy Options -- Reform Options -- Refocus Assistance -- Change/Define Role of Defense Department -- Change Use of Multilateral Organizations -- Create a Unified Budget -- Unified Function 150 Budget or Budget Presentation -- Unified National Security Budget -- Restructuring Options -- Elevate USAID to Cabinet-Level Department -- Merge USAID into State Department -- Create Aid Agency with Increased Jurisdiction -- Improve Interagency Coordination -- Create a Coordinating Entity -- Elevate Aid Agency within NSC Structure -- Maintain Status Quo with or without Minor Modifications -- Re-write the Foreign Assistance Act -- Major Reform Report Recommendations -- HELP Commission -- Policy -- Structure -- Budget -- Senate Foreign Relations Committee -- Policy -- Structure -- Budget -- Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) -- Policy -- Structure -- Budget -- Appendix. Acronyms -- End Notes -- Foreign Aid Reform, National Strategy, and the Quadrennial Review( -- Summary -- Introduction -- Interest in ElevatingDiplomacy and Development.
Issues and Actions during the George W. Bush Administration -- Issues and Actions during the Obama Administration -- National Strategy -- Legislation on Foreign Aid Reform -- The Quadrennial Review -- Congressional Action -- Executive Branch Action -- QDDR Structure -- Timing of Report -- Initial Concerns -- The Presidential Study Directive on U.S. Global Development Policy -- Conclusion -- End Notes -- Foreign Aid Reform: Studies and Recommendations( -- Summary -- Introduction -- Brief History of Modern U.S. Foreign Aid -- Implementation of the F Bureau -- Criticisms of the F Bureau and U.S. Foreign Aid Overall -- History of Modern Legislative Efforts to Reform Foreign Aid4 -- Key Recommendations Included in Selected Foreign Aid Reform Studies -- Studies Included in This chapter -- Rewrite the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 -- Elevate Development to the Level of Diplomacy and Defense -- Establish a National Strategy for U.S. Foreign Aid -- Create a Cabinet-Level Agency for Foreign Aid -- Give Department of State Lead Authority for Foreign Aid -- Build on the F Process -- Enhance Resources in Civilian Agencies -- Improve Policy and Agency Coordination -- Increase Input from the Field, Rather than in Washington -- Create a Unified Budget -- Provide Greater Emphasis on Needs-Driven Aid -- Provide Multiyear Aid Funding -- Balance Long-Term Aid against Short-Term Aid -- Increase Participation in Multilateral Foreign Assistance Efforts -- Monitor Aid Impact -- Address Role of Congress in Foreign Aid Policy -- Conclusions -- Appendix A. CRS Summaries of Reports13 -- Appendix B. Bibliography -- End Notes -- Foreign Aid Reform: Agency Coordination( -- Summary -- Introduction -- A Note about Defining Foreign Aid -- Recent Trends in Foreign Assistance -- U.S. Aid-Related Activities, by Agency -- USAID -- Department of State -- Department of Defense.
Department of Health and Human Services -- Department of Agriculture -- Department of the Treasury -- Millennium Challenge Corporation -- Peace Corps -- Other Departments and Agencies -- Existing Coordination Mechanisms -- National Security Council -- Director of Foreign Assistance and the F Process -- FACTS /FACTS Info -- Country Assistance Strategies -- SEED and FSA Coordinators -- Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator -- Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) -- State/USAID Coordination with the Department of Defense -- Aid Coordination in Other Countries -- United Kingdom -- Germany -- The Netherlands and Denmark -- France and Japan -- Canada -- Selected Coordination Options39 -- Enhance Coordination as Part of a National Foreign Assistance Strategy -- Empower One Entity to Coordinate All U.S. Foreign Aid -- Build on White House/NSC Structures with Department/Agency Representatives -- Separate Strategic Assistance from Development Assistance -- Enhance Coordination and Authority at the Country Level -- Require Whole of Government Reporting -- Require Inspector General Reports on All Aid Activities -- Legislative Activity -- Appendix A. Foreign Assistance Disbursements by Agency, FY2001-FY2007 (in thousands of current U.S. ) -- Appendix B. Overlapping Agency Foreign Assistance Activities -- End Notes -- Foreign Aid Reform: Comprehensive Strategy, Interagency Coordination, and Operational Improvements Would Bolster Current Efforts( -- Why GAO Did This Study -- What GAO Recommends -- What GAO Found -- Abbreviations -- Results in Brief -- Background -- Foreign Assistance Framework -- International Affairs Funding and State/F's Budget and Planning Processes -- State/F Information Systems -- Key Practices for Agency Transformation -- Interagency Coordination and Collaboration.
State and USAID Have Taken Steps to Support Organizational Transformation, Develop Consolidated Foreign Assistance Planning and Budgeting Processes, and Establish State/F Workforce -- Key State and USAID Efforts Supported Organizational Transformation -- Top Leadership Involvement -- Mission Statement -- Key Operating Principles -- Implementation Goals and Timelines -- Employee Involvement -- State/F Developed Consolidated State-USAID Foreign Assistance Planning and Budgeting Processes -- Standardized Program Structure -- Annual Country-Specific Operational Plans -- 5-Year Country-Specific Foreign Assistance Strategies -- Consolidated Budget Process for State and USAID Foreign Assistance Programs -- State/F Integrated Workforce -- State/F Faces Implementation Challenges Related to Organizational Transformation, Planning and Budgeting, and Workforce -- State/F Lacks Implementation Time Frames for Comprehensive Foreign Assistance Reforms and Developing a Foreign Assistance Strategy and Country-Specific Strategies -- State/F Lacks Goals and Benchmarks for Measuring Progress for Certain Reform Processes -- State/F Lacks a Clear and Consistent Communication Strategy -- State/F Faces Challenges in Its Annual Operational Planning Processes -- State/F Faces Challenges in Developing and Implementing Its Multiyear Planning Process -- State/F Faces Challenges in Its Consolidated Budget Processes -- State/F Faces Challenges in Workforce Management Issues -- Conclusions -- Recommendations for Executive Action -- Agency Comments and Our Evaluation -- Appendix II. U.S. Departments, Agencies, and Other Entities That Provide Foreign Assistance -- Appendix III. State/F Information Systems -- Appendix IV. Foreign Assistance Framework -- Appendix V. Comments from the Department of State -- End Notes.
Restructuring U.S. Foreign Aid: The Role of the Director of Foreign Assistance in Transformational Development( -- Summary -- Transformational Development -- The Role of Director of Foreign Assistance -- State and USAID Programs -- Domestic Policy Departments with Aid Programs -- DOD Programs -- Iraq and Afghanistan Assistance -- Military Assistance and Training -- Humanitarian Assistance -- Counter-Drug and Anti-Terrorism Assistance -- Restructuring Foreign Aid Management and Programs -- Organizational Reform -- Programmatic Reform -- The FY2008 Budget -- The FY2007 'Fast-Track' Process -- Earlier Attempts at Foreign Aid Reform -- Hamilton-Gilman Foreign Aid Reform Task Force -- Clinton Administration Initiative -- Consolidation of USAID into the State Department -- Issues for Congress -- Coordination of Programs -- Politicization of Aid Programs and the Role of USAID -- Reforms Deferred and Subsequent Initiatives -- Congressional Priorities -- End Notes -- Opening Statement of Chairman John F. Kerry, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Hearing on "Reforming U.S. Foreign Aid Policies"* -- Opening Statement of Senator Richard G. Lugar, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Hearing on "The Case for Reform: Foreign Aid and Development in a New Era"* -- Testimony of Peter McPherson, President, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) and Former Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Hearing on "The Case ... -- The organization of USAID and related matters -- The Development Agenda -- Statement of Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and Special Advisor to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on the Millenium Development Goals, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Hearing on "The.
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