U.S. development aid--an historic first : achievements and failures in the twentieth century /

The first comprehensive account of U.S. development aid policies and implementation operations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, this work is a unique contribution to world history and to the extensive literature on Third World development. Butterfield begins with the remarkable story of why, in 1...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Butterfield, Samuel Hale
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2004.
Colección:Contributions to the study of world history ; no. 108.
Temas:
1900-1999
Geschichte 1950-2000.
Economic assistance, American > Developing countries > History > 20th century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Structural Adjustment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > General.
Economic assistance, American
International economic relations
Wirtschaftshilfe
United States > Foreign economic relations.
Developing countries
United States
Entwicklungsländer
USA
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A White House surprise
  • A summary of 50 years
  • Starting off
  • Changing assumptions
  • Organizing the aid program
  • Early country programs: Afghanistan, Chile, India, and Taiwan
  • An appealing new strategy
  • Kennedy's vision
  • Johnson's wars
  • Population explosion
  • Technical assistance revived
  • Trying to reach the rural poor
  • Carter and Reagan
  • Promoting market forces
  • After the Cold War: policies under Bush and Clinton
  • Africa's lagging development
  • Women in development
  • Assessing 50 years of effort.

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