U.S. development aid--an historic first achievements and failures in the twentieth century /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Westport, Conn. :
Praeger Publishers,
2004.
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| Series: | Contributions to the study of world history ;
no. 108. |
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| Online Access: | Click to View |
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.