New Day New Way
U.S Foreign Assistance for the 21st Century
Briefing Paper
Published: June 2008
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Publication Summary
U.S. foreign assistance—the rationale behind it, the amount we give, its orientation and organization—has changed dramatically in the last decade. These changes have challenged its efficacy but have also created new opportunities to modernize U.S. foreign assistance. The importance of supporting development and reducing poverty abroad are understood now as never before to be both moral imper-atives and prerequisites for sustained U.S. national security