U.S. Development Aid--An Historic First: Achievements and Failures in the Twentieth Century / Edition 1

by Samuel Hale Butterfield

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313319105
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/30/2004
Series:	Contributions to the Study of World History , #108
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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