Security by Other Means

Foreign Assistance, Global Poverty, and American Leadership

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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A Brookings Institution Press and Center for Strategic and International Studies publicationIn a world transformed by globalization and challenged by terrorism, foreign aid has assumed renewed importance as a foreign policy tool. While the results of more than forty years of development assistance show some successes, foreign aid is currently dispersed between many agencies and branches of government in a manner that formulation and implementation of a coherent, effective strategy.The current political climate is receptive to a transition toward greater accountability and effectiveness in development aid. Because this transition is clearly an imperative but has not yet been comprehensively addressed, the Brookings Institution and the Center for Strategic and International Studies have conducted a joint study that both assesses the current structures of foreign assistance and makes recommendations for efficient coordination. Drawing on expertise from the full range of agencies whose policies affect foreign aid, Security by Other Means examines foreign assistance across four categories reflecting the interests that aid furthers: security, economic, humanitarian, and political.As disparities in the world become more untenable, foreign aid plays a key role in not only the national interests of the U.S. but also the interconnected interests of the international community. This important new volume takes aim at critical questions in a concerted manner by assigning coherence and effectiveness to U.S. foreign aid.Contributors include Owen Barder (Center for Global Development, formerly UK Department for International Development), Charlie Flickner (former Staff Director of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations), Steve Hensch (George Washington University), Steve Morrison (Center for Strategic and International Studies), Steve Radelet (Center for Global Development)

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-01-10
Mått:152 x 229 x 27 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:378
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780815713616

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"Lael Brainard is vice president and director of the Global Economy and Development Program at the Brookings Institution, where she holds the Bernard E. Schwartz Chair in International Economics. Brainard served as deputy national economic adviser in the Clinton administration."

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"Makes a timely contribution to congressional debates over the future role of US foreign economic assistance programs. In addition to presenting the case for reorganizing both the administrative and congressional approaches to foreign aid to improve coherence and effectiveness, this volume covers specific topics including HIV/AIDS prograsm, American humanitarian (disaster) assistance, postconflict aid, and the history of aid reform initiatives" —C. Kilby, Vassar College, CHOICE, 6/1/2007