Samuel Hale Butterfield

U.S. Development Aid--An Historic First (eBook, PDF)

Achievements and Failures in the Twentieth Century

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313085079
• Artikelnr.: 37821149

Autorenporträt

SAMUEL HALE BUTTERFIELD was a career officer in America's development aid program from 1958 through 1980, serving in senior positions in Africa, South Asia, and Washington. After retiring, he taught theory and practice of international development and served as an advisor on sustainable resource management in the Third World. This is his first book.

Inhaltsangabe

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