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To find a method Schelling will have to examine how money is spent not only by the State Department but also by related agencies -- and, to some extent, by the Defense Department.
There is no indication, however, that the study will lead to any major reorganization within the State Department. Though Schelling's duties are still being defined, it is clear that the Department is most interested in revamping its budgetary process.
Schelling will be asked to find better ways of relating the money spent in various programs to foreign policy objectives. The Department, for example, has no easy way of finding out what proportion of all the money that goes to a given country is helping to raise its standard of...
It will be the second time that Schelling has helped to shape programs of assistance to foreign countries. In 1950 he worked under Averell Harriman, helping to develop the foreign aid program -- the annual package of military, technical and economic assistance that has become so familiar since.
Schelling, who came to Harvard in 1959, was acting director of the Center for International Affairs last year.