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Organizing U.S. foreign aid : confronting challenges of the twenty-first century / Carol Lancaster and Ann Van Dusen.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Global economy and developmentPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2005.Description: ix, 78 s. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0-8157-5113-3 (paper : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.91 22
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 -- other aid-giving donor countries / Alternative approaches -- Foreign aid in the twenty-first century -- recommendations and options for organizing U.S. foreign aid / Challenges and opportunities.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-71) and index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 -- other aid-giving donor countries / Alternative approaches -- Foreign aid in the twenty-first century -- recommendations and options for organizing U.S. foreign aid / Challenges and opportunities.

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.