U.S. Development Aid--An Historic First

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U.S. Development Aid--An Historic First Achievements and Failures in the Twentieth Century

Samuel Hale Butterfield

Foreword by Maurice Williams

Book Code: GM1910

ISBN: 0-313-31910-3

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31910-5

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336 pages, charts; maps; tables

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 8/30/2004

List Price: $102.95 (UK Sterling Price: £59.95)

Availability: In Stock

Media Type: Hardcover

Also Available: Ebook

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Contributions to the Study of World History

Series Number: 108

Reviews:

Scholars devoted to this topic may find some useful discussion of the early history of US foreign aid and a number of interesting tidbits scattered throughout the book....Comprehensive research collections.
—Choice February 2005
[A]n exhaustive quasi-memoir by a retired foreign aid officer at USAID. It is, in part, a fond reminiscence of his career, but in larger part, a defense of USAID's work from the inside, as well as the global foreign aid project of the developed world. It is not misty-eyed about the poor -- useful insights about the practicalities of foreign aid operations and impediments to their success abound. But its true value derives from the concrete, meticulous, well-organized, occasionally pedantic, chronology and description of USAID's actual day-to-day work in the field from its inception almost up to the present.
—EH.NET September 2005
[A] welcome explanation, free of jargon and academic language, that would be useful to many USAID recent hires as well as the wider general public interested in aid....[t]ruly a tour de force for anyone wanting to gain broad, historical, and in-depth understanding of foreign aid.
—Front Lines November 2005

Description: The first comprehensive account of U.S. development aid policies and implementation operations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, this work is a unique contribution to world history and to the extensive literature on "Third World" development. Butterfield begins with the remarkable story of why, in 1949, President Truman surprised Americans with his unprecedented development aid policy. He then describes the major alterations in U.S. development aid strategy and operations from 1950 to 2000. Drawing upon his long experience both in Washington and in country aid missions, Butterfield puts a human face on the story by weaving real world vignettes into his narrative. The survey addresses the role of Congress, important program foundations established in the 1950s, creative initiatives of the 1960s, frustrated promises in Vietnam. It explores the Third World's unexpected population explosion; America's evolving technical assistance work in the core sectors such as agriculture, education, health, and administration; and initiatives to reach the rural poor and promote the development role of women. It also comments upon linkages between policy dialogue and financial aid to promote market-oriented policy reforms, Africa's lagging development, and the decline of U.S. development aid in the 1990s.

Table of Contents:

Figures, Lists, and Tables
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
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 Out to the Rural Poor
Carter and Reagan
Promoting Market Forces
After the Cold War: Policies under Bush and Clinton
Africa's Lagging Development
Women and Development
Assessing 50 Years of Effort
Acronyms Used
Agency Administrators
Appendices
Selected References
Index

LC Card Number: 2004009841

LCC Class: HC60

Dewey Class: 338


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