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New Frontiers in US Foreign Aid

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Helping the world’s poor is a strategic priority and a moral imperative. Economic development, responsible governance, and individual liberty are intimately connected… The United States must promote development programs that achieve measurable results – rewarding reforms, encouraging transparency, and improving people’s lives.

Development reinforces diplomacy and defense, reducing long-term threats to our national security by helping to build stable, prosperous, and peaceful societies. Improving the way we use foreign assistance will make it more effective in strengthening responsible governments, responding to suffering, and improving people’s lives.

-U.S. National Security Strategy, March 2006

President Bush has placed development at the forefront of U.S. national security and foreign policy. USAID is rising to the challenge. American diplomacy and development assistance will continue to be powerful drivers of political and economic freedom around the world.

In order to learn more about why development is now an integral part of U.S. national security and foreign policy, one should read the 2006 National Security Strategy which devotes a major portion to expanding development. USAID has also recently published the Policy Framework for Bilateral Foreign Aid, which explains new directions in development policy. These two documents make the case for listing both promoting islands of stability in the developing world and reducing the roster of failing states as top priorities of U.S. international policy.

Please take a moment to examine our ideas and policy statements. It is an exciting time to be improving the lives of peoples around the world.

USAID's Nine Principles of Development Assistance

 

  • Ownership
  • Capacity-Building
  • Sustainability

In Depth: USAID's Nine Principles

  • Selectivity
  • Assesment
  • Results
  • Partnership
  • Flexibility
  • Accountability

National Security Strategy of the United States 2006

 

National Security Strategy 2006 cover

[Click above to access the National Security Strategy 2006 via the White House web site]

This cornerstone document highlights development, alongside diplomacy and defense, as a pillar of US National Security.

Policy Framework for Bilateral Foreign Aid

 

Policy Framework cover

Summary page

Download the Policy Framework for Bilaterial Foreign Aid [PDF, 440 kb]

 

As USAID's central policy document, the Policy Framework:

  • Details USAID's shift in policy and strategic direction
  • Specifies what steps will be necessary in order to make these policies fully operational
  • Positions the Agency in broader discussions of the role of foreign aid worldwide
  • Puts countries at the center of their own development, with bilateral foreign aid in a supporting role

 

 

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