U.S. development aid--an historic first [electronic resource] : achievements and failures in the twentieth century / Samuel Hale Butterfield ; foreword by Maurice Williams.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Contributions to the study of world history ; no. 108.Publication details: Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2004.Description: xvi, 315 p. : ill., mapSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 338.91/73/00904 22
LOC classification:
  • HC60 .B8758 2004eb
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-291) and index.

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.

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