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Organizing U. S. foreign aid : confronting the challenges of the 21st century / Carol Lancaster and Ann Van Dusen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lancaster, Carol.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic assistance, American.
- International economic relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (91 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Recommends fundamental reorganization of U.S. foreign aid, currently based on outsourcing and management for results, in favor of a more unified approach emphasizing development education, stringent evaluation, and a new approach to contracting"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- A new urgency: international development and U.S. foreign policy
- The nature of development
- What is foreign aid?
- The mission and purposes of U.S. foreign aid
- A short history of aid
- Organizational landscape of U.S. foreign aid
- Structure and processes of the U.S. Agency for International Development
- The political context of U.S. international assistance
- Alternative approaches: other aid-giving donor countries
- Foreign aid in the twenty-first century
- Challenges and opportunities: recommendations and options for organizing U.S. foreign aid.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-71) and index.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610813261
- 9781280813269
- 1280813261
- 9780815797821
- 0815797826
- OCLC:
- 475992833
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