Word: usaid
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...Natsios is responding to widely held misgivings about USAID. The Bush administration's new approach to foreign aid is based on making more effective use of U.S. tax dollars sent overseas. And many officials, notably Treasury Secretary O'Neill, have pointed to the failures of the past and argue that a radically different approach is the only way to justify increasing U.S. aid contributions - which are the lowest on a per capita basis of any major industrial nation...
...will be a centerpiece of Bush's presentation before the G-8. Africa is a focus of the summit, and Bush has just announced he will visit the continent next year as he prepares a major, 50% increase in the flow of U.S. economic assistance around the world. A USAID spokesman insists internal differences over the money are being resolved amicably and that the agency's role will not be diminished...
...failures of the past are often associated with USAID, the agency through which much of U.S. development assistance is funneled. That grim history is evident in the administration's latest proposal, which calls for more than $10 billion in new foreign aid by the end of fiscal 2006 as part of Bush's so-called "Millennium Challenge Account". The funds will be managed largely by the Treasury and the State Departments, not by USAID. "The agency looks like it is loosing out on new funding, and that is why Natsios has mounted a turf battle," explains an influential congressional staffer...
...their willingness to clean up corruption and promote democracy. For the U.S. to play a major role in NEPAD, however, the Bush administration will need to convince Congress that the money will be well spent. And that pointed proviso, unfortunately for Natsios, could mean a dramatically diminished role for USAID...
...judge Bush may later attempt to appoint to the Supreme Court. Secondly, Bush’s proposed budget is unequivocally hostile to reproductive rights. Bush included $33 million in abstinence-only sex education in his budget, plans to eliminate funds for the United Nations Population Fund and cut the USAID portion of the international family planning budget by $21.5 million...