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Foreign Aid Reform, National Strategy, and the Quadrennial Review
This report addresses foreign aid reform through early 2010. Several development proponents, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and policymakers have pressed Congress to reform U.S. foreign aid capabilities to better address 21st century development needs and national security challenges.
Foreign Aid Reform
In Jan. 2006, Sec. of State Rice announced the ¿transformational development¿ initiative to bring coordination and coherence to U.S. aid programs. She created a new Bureau, which developed a Strategic Framework for Foreign Assistance to align aid programs with strategic objectives. The Framework became a guiding force in the FY 2008 and FY 2009 budgets, as well as the FY 2010 budget request. Numerous studies have addressed various concerns and provided recommendations regarding U.S. foreign aid policy, funding, and structure. Of the 16 recommendations, only enhancing civilian agency resources has the support of all of the studies covered in this report. This report is a review of selected studies written between 2001 and 2008. Table.
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Pakistan
Pakistan has been among the leading recipients of U.S. foreign assist., and is among the most strategically important for U.S. policy makers. Recent major develop. -- incl. the killing of Osama bin Laden -- have put strains on bilateral relations, making uncertain the future direction of U.S. aid to Pakistan. Contents of this report: Recent Develop.; Fluctuating U.S. Aid to Pakistan Before 9/11; U.S. Aid to Pakistan After 9/11; FY 2012 Request for Aid to Pakistan; Issues for Congress: Conditions on Aid to Pakistan; Gov't. Reform; Corruption and Transparency Issues; Aid Delivery and Security Concerns; U.S. Image and Public Diplomacy; Possible Adjustments to U.S. Assist. Programs; History of U.S. Aid to Pakistan. Illus. A print on demand report.
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Funding for Foreign Operations and State Dept./Broadcasting programs has been steadily rising since FY 2002, after a period of decline in the 1980s and 1990s. Amounts approved for FY 2004 in regular and supplemental bills reached an unprecedented level compared with the previous 40 years, largely due to Iraq reconstruction funding. Ongoing assistance to Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as large new global health programs, has kept the international affairs budget at historically high levels in recent years. Contents of this report: (1) Recent Developments; (2) Congressional Action; (3) State-Foreign Operations Overview: Background and Trends; FY 2010 Budget Request Overview; Use of Supplemental Funding. Charts and tables.
State Foreign Operations and Related Programs
The annual State, Foreign Operations and Related Agencies appropriations bill is the primary legislative vehicle through which Congress reviews the U.S. international affairs budget and influences executive branch foreign policy making in general. Funding for Foreign Operations and State Department/Broadcasting programs has been steadily rising since FY2002, and amounts approved for FY2004 in regular and supplemental bills reached an unprecedented level compared with the past 40 years. Emergency supplementals enacted since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to assist the front-line states in the war on terrorism, fund Afghanistan and Iraq reconstruction, and upgrade State Department o...
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY 2011 Budget and Appropriations
On February 1, 2010, President Obama submitted a budget proposal for FY2011 that requests $58.49 billion for the international affairs budget, a 16% increase over the enacted FY2010 funding level. This report analyzes the FY2011 request, recent-year funding trends, and congressional action related to FY2011 State-Foreign Operations legislation.
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The Cost of War and Terror Operations Since 9-11
With enactment of the FY2014 Consolidated Appropriations Act on January 1, 2014, Congress has approved appropriations for the past 13 years of war that total $1.6 trillion for military operations, base support, weapons maintenance, training of Afghan and Iraq security forces, reconstruction, foreign aid, embassy costs, and veterans' health care for the war operations initiated since the 9/11 attacks. This book discusses the cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and other global war of terror operations since 9/11 in detail, and provides information on the FY2015 funding to counter Ebola and the Islamic State (IS).
