WebMemo posted July 23, 2003 by Paolo Pasicolan
Congress Should Not Divert Money Away from the Millennium Challenge Account
President Bush's
new, performance-based foreign aid program, the Millennium
Challenge Account (MCA), has received widespread bipartisan support
because of its potentially transformational approach
to require the nations that receive economic development
assistance to satisfy a "work requirement" by adopting policies
consistent with good governance and economic freedom.
On July 16, the
House of Representatives passed the…
Executive Memorandum posted July 14, 2003 by Paolo Pasicolan
How to Prevent the Millennium Challenge Account from Becoming Like Traditional Foreign Aid
When
President George W. Bush proposed the Millennium Challenge Account
(MCA) in 2002, he envisioned a new, performance-based foreign aid
program that would serve as a model to reform existing development
assistance. Unlike traditional aid, burdened with multiple and
sometimes conflicting objectives, the MCA would focus solely on
economic development. And because foreign…
Executive Memorandum posted May 20, 2003 by Paolo Pasicolan
Keeping the Millennium Challenge Account Focused on PromotingGrowth and Prosperity
While debating the authorizing legislation
for the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA), the Bush
Administration's new development assistance program, Congress
should avoid overloading the bill with additional objectives that
are at odds with the original intent of the program.
The
Millennium Challenge Account is an experimental program developed
to reverse the failures…
Backgrounder posted February 28, 2003 by Brett Schaefer, Paolo Pasicolan
How to Improve the Bush Administration's Millennium ChallengeAccount
The
United States has spent hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars on
development assistance to help poor countries attain growth and
prosperity. The record of this effort has been disappointing, with
few recipients achieving substantial improvements in per capita
income. The evidence provided by numerous studies indicates that
this failure is due not…
Executive Memorandum posted May 13, 2002 by Paolo Pasicolan
Strengthening the U.S.-Philippine Alliance for Fighting Terrorism
The
war on terrorism has given the United States and the Philippines a
chance to revive their dormant alliance. The Philippines is leading
efforts to combat terrorism in Southeast Asia, a region FBI
Director Robert Mueller describes as a possible sanctuary for
al-Qaeda operatives fleeing Afghanistan. Washington has provided
Manila with $100 million…