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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Butterfield, Samuel Hale
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2004.
Series:Contributions to the study of world history ; no. 108.
Subjects:
Economic assistance, American > Developing countries > History > 20th century.
United States > Foreign economic relations.
Electronic books.
Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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