Foreign Aid Reform: Issues for Congress and Policy Options

Epstein, Susan B. ; Veillette, Connie

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Foreign policy;    American economic assistance;    Foreign aid;    International affairs;   

RP-ID  :  RL34243
RP-ID  :  RL34243_2008Apr22

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses the role of foreign assistance as a tool of foreign policy. There is also a growing recognition of the role that foreign assistance can play as a foreign policy tool that is equal to the role of diplomacy and defense within the current international environment characterized by regional conflicts, terrorist threats, weapons proliferation, concerns with disease pandemics, and the difficulty in overcoming poverty.