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The Other War - Global Poverty and the Millennium Challenge Account (Paperback)
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The Other War - Global Poverty and the Millennium Challenge Account (Paperback)
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The plight of the poorest around the world has been pushed to the
forefront of Americas international agenda for the first time in
many years by the war on terrorism and the formidable challenges
presented by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. In March 2002, President Bush
announced the creation of the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA).
This bilateral development fund represents an increase of $5
billion per year over current assistance levels and establishes of
a new agency to promote growth in reform-oriented developing
countries. Amounting to a doubling of U.S. bilateral development
aidthe largest increase in decades -- the MCA offers a critical
chance to deliberately shape the face that the United States
presents to people in poor nations around the world. This book
makes concrete recommendations on crafting a new blueprint for
distributing and delivering aid to make the MCA an effective tool,
not only in its own right, but also in transforming U.S. foreign
aid and strengthening international aid cooperation more generally.
The book tackles head on the tension between foreign policy and
development goals that chronically afflicts U.S. foreign
assistance; the danger of being dismissed as one more instance of
the United States going it alone instead of buttressing
international cooperation; and the risk of exacerbating confusion
among the myriad overlapping U.S. policies, agencies, and programs
targeted at developing nations, particularly USAID. In doing so,
The Other War draws important lessons from new international
development initiatives, such as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB,
and Malaria, the mixed record of previous U.S. aid efforts, trends
in the U.S. budget for foreign assistance, the agencies currently
involved in administering U.S. development policy, and the
importance of the relationship between Congress and the executive
branch in determining aid outcomes. The MCA holds the promise of
substantially increasing U.S. development assistance and pioneering
a new era in aid, but the authors caution against creating yet
another example of wasted aid that could undermine political
support for foreign assistance for decades to come. �back flap�
About the Authors Lael Brainard is director of the Brookings/CGD
Project on the Millennium Challenge Account and holds the New
Century Chair in Economic Studies and Foreign Policy Studies at the
Brookings Institution. Carol Graham is Vice President and Director
of the Governance Studies Program at the Brookings Institution,
where she also directs the Global Poverty Reduction Initiative.
Steven Radelet is a senior fellow at the Center for Global
Development. Nigel Purvis is a senior scholar in Foreign Policy,
Economic, and Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution.
Gayle E. Smith is a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution and
formerly was senior director for African affairs at the National
Security Council.
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