SAMUEL HALE BUTTERFIELD was a career officer in America's development aid program from 1958 through 1980, serving in senior positions in Africa, South Asia, and Washington. After retiring, he taught theory and practice of international development and served as an advisor on sustainable resource management in the Third World. This is his first book.

• Figures, Lists, and Tables Foreword Preface Acknowledgments 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 Out to the Rural Poor Carter and Reagan Promoting Market Forces After the Cold War: Policies under Bush and Clinton Africa's Lagging Development Women and Development Assessing 50 Years of Effort Acronyms Used Agency Administrators Appendices Selected References Index

SAMUEL HALE BUTTERFIELD was a career officer in America's development aid program from 1958 through 1980, serving in senior positions in Africa, South Asia, and Washington. After retiring, he taught theory and practice of international development and served as an advisor on sustainable resource management in the Third World. This is his first book.

• Figures, Lists, and Tables Foreword Preface Acknowledgments 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 Out to the Rural Poor Carter and Reagan Promoting Market Forces After the Cold War: Policies under Bush and Clinton Africa's Lagging Development Women and Development Assessing 50 Years of Effort Acronyms Used Agency Administrators Appendices Selected References Index

SAMUEL HALE BUTTERFIELD was a career officer in America's development aid program from 1958 through 1980, serving in senior positions in Africa, South Asia, and Washington. After retiring, he taught theory and practice of international development and served as an advisor on sustainable resource management in the Third World. This is his first book.

• Figures, Lists, and Tables Foreword Preface Acknowledgments 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 Out to the Rural Poor Carter and Reagan Promoting Market Forces After the Cold War: Policies under Bush and Clinton Africa's Lagging Development Women and Development Assessing 50 Years of Effort Acronyms Used Agency Administrators Appendices Selected References Index