Is foreign aid necessary?
By: David Haugen and Susan Musser, book editors
Series: At issue
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Detroit, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780737761870; 9780737761887
Subjects: Government policy; American Economic assistance
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Foreign aid helps recipient nations escape poverty / Jeffrey D. Sachs; title: Foreign aid benefits US national security / Rajiv Shah; title: Foreign aid has been a failure / Andrei Schleifer; title: Congress should cut foreign aid / Dick Morris; title: Congress should not cut foreign aid / Richard Stearns; title: Congress should not cut funding for the millennium challenge corporation / James M. Roberts; title: Foreign aid is wasted on Africa / Charles Abugre; title: US foreign aid money should be spent on America / Gary Connor; title: American foreign aid supports corrupt regimes / Thomas R. Eddlem; title: America should aid nations that demonstrate governmental accountability / Larry Diamond; title: America should aid nations that show measurable progress toward approved goals / Nancy Birdsall, Ayah Mahgoub, and William D. Savedoff; title: Foreign aid should focus on strengthening local institutions / Nicholas Eberstadt and Carol C. Adelman; title: Developing nations want free trade, not foreign aid / Njoroge Wachai; title: The "trade, not aid" : strategy has not helped developing nations / Justin Frewen; title: Amateur philanthropists benefit foreign aid policy and practice / Josh Weinstein; title: Amateur philantropists often harm foreign aid policy and practice / Dave Algoso; title: Organizations to contact; title: Bibliography; title: Index.