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Foreign Aid Reform: Issues for Congress and Policy Options

Description: This report provides background information on foreign aid rationales and funding trends. It outlines issues Congress may consider in any reform effort and lays out options for reform. Finally, it summarizes recommendations made by a number of recent studies.
Date: January 17, 2008
Creator: Veillette, Connie
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Foreign Aid Reform: Issues for Congress and Policy Options

Description: 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.
Date: April 22, 2008
Creator: Epstein, Susan B. & Veillette, Connie
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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FY2008 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for International Affairs

Description: Congress approved an FY2008 Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2764) during the week of December 17, 2007, that included some emergency supplemental funding for international affairs requested by the White House. This report analyzes the international affairs portion of the request and tracks related legislative activity.
Date: January 24, 2008
Creator: Veillette, Connie; Epstein, Susan B.; Margesson, Rhoda & Tarnoff, Curt
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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