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Forms of Aid and Assistance

Forms of Aid and Assistance. Forms of Aid and Assistance. Foreign Aid Overview Foreign Aid Actors Types of Assistance USAID Measuring Democracy Assignment questions. Is more of the federal budget spent on foreign aid or Medicare?.

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Forms of Aid and Assistance

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  1. Forms of Aid and Assistance

  2. Forms of Aid and Assistance • Foreign Aid Overview • Foreign Aid Actors • Types of Assistance • USAID • Measuring Democracy Assignment questions

  3. Is more of the federal budget spent on foreign aid or Medicare?

  4. Is more of the federal budget spent on foreign aid or Medicare? 58% 27%

  5. Is more of the federal budget spent on foreign aid or Medicare? < 1% ~13-14%

  6. Foreign Aid Landmarks • International Telegraph Union (1865) • Universal Postal Union (1874) • International Peace Conference (1899) • League of Nations (1919) • United Nations (1942) • Bretton-Woods Agreements (1945)

  7. Current Foreign Aid Actors

  8. International and Multinational Organizations

  9. Individual Governments (Bilateral Assistance)

  10. Private Assistance

  11. U.S. Strategic Pillars Defense Development Diplomacy

  12. US Government Foreign Aid Actors

  13. US Government Foreign Aid Actors • State Department • Embassies • US Agency for International Development • Individual Agencies • Department of Treasury • Department of Energy • Department of Agriculture • Export-Import Bank • Overseas Private Investment Corporation • Department of Defense

  14. US Government Foreign Aid Actors • State Department • Embassies • US Agency for International Development • Individual Agencies • Department of Treasury • Department of Energy • Department of Agriculture • Export-Import Bank • Overseas Private Investment Corporation • Department of Defense

  15. US Government Foreign Aid Actors • State Department • Embassies • US Agency for International Development • Individual Agencies • Department of Treasury • Department of Energy • Department of Agriculture • Export-Import Bank • Overseas Private Investment Corporation • Department of Defense

  16. Estimated US International Assistance to Developing Countries (in billions of US dollars)

  17. USAID Regional Divisions • Europe & Eurasia • Asia and the Near East • Sub-Saharan • Africa • Latin America & • Caribbean

  18. USAID Functional Divisions Democracy, Conflict & Hum. Assistance Economic Growth Global Health

  19. Types of Assistance

  20. Financial Loans Grants

  21. Non-Financial Policy Advice Technical Assistance

  22. Foreign Assistance PrinciplesWhen to Give?

  23. Need

  24. Conditionality

  25. MCC Conditionality Requirements Investing in People Economic Freedom Ruling Justly

  26. Measuring Democracy Assignment • Summary of Freedom House score for last 10 years • Summary of key events that impact political rights and civil liberties • Analysis of whether Freedom House has made appropriate evaluation/categorization • 1 page, single-spaced, 12-point font, 1” margins, emailed by 3:30 PM, April 7 • Individually or in self-selected groups of 2-3

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