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Foreign aid reform /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publisher's,
c2010.
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| Colección: | Foreign policy of the United States.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- FOREIGN AID REFORM ; FOREIGN AID REFORM; 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.