Backgrounder posted May 6, 1994 by Thomas P.
The Index of Economic Freedom: A Tool For Real Reform of ForeignAid
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986 May 6,1994 THE INDEX OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM A TOOL FOR
REALREFURM OFFOREIGN AID INTRODUCTION The U.S. foreign aid program
badly needs a major overhaul. Its guiding legislation, the For eign
Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA is burdened with 33 objectives. The nee
d to consider goals as…
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Backgrounder posted December 20, 1993 by Thomas P.
No More Somali as: Reconsidering Clinton's Doctrine of MilitaryHumanitarianism
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NOMORESOMALIAS RECONSIDERING ClunUToN'S DOCTRINE ,I M I1
OFlMlL.lTARY~ARIANIS I INTRODUCTION I 1 The United States h9
long,be en a greai?humanitarian nation. Throughout its history it
has come to the aid of,41psed people worldwide.…
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Backgrounder posted June 25, 1993 by Thomas P.
Beyond Dependence and Poverty: Rethinking U.S. Aid to Africa
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947 June25'1993 INTRODUCTION The Clinton Administr ation wants
to use American foreign aid to spur economic growth in Africa. Yet
the over $1 billion of aid which Africa receives each year has not
done much to ad vance the continent's long-term economic
development. The average African has received…
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Executive Memorandum posted June 1, 1993 by Thomas P.
Putting U.S. Angola Policy Back on Track
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5/l/93 357 PUTTING U.S. ANGOLA POLICY BACK ON TRACK
President Bill Clinton extended diplomatic recognition on May 19 to
Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos's government, citing the
high priority Washington places on democracy. This is a curious
decision. Notwith- standing United Nations-supervised elections
held last September, Ang o…
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Executive Memorandum posted October 13, 1992 by Thomas P.
Washington Should Beware of U.N. Peace Monitors in South Africa
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10/13/92 342
WASEM'qGTON SHOULD BEWARE OF UN. PEACE MONITORS IN SOUTH AFRICA
South Mica may W on do brink of civil ww. The on-again-off-again
multipaV nago&doas Ara post- apathaid South Africa = now off.
On September 27, the Inkaft Freedom Pwy of Zulu Odd Mangosuthu
Buthdlezi dropped out of…
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Backgrounder posted September 25, 1992 by Thomas P.
Promoting a Prosperous and Peaceful Angola
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915 September 25,1992 PROMOTING A PROSPEROUS AND PEACEFUL ANGOLA
INTRODUCTION Angola will hold its fmt democratic elections on
September 29 and
30. If free and fair as expected, they will close out an arduous
peace process that will end a sixteen-year civil war in the fanner
Portuguese colony. The…
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Backgrounder posted June 18, 1992 by Thomas P.
U.S. to Zimbabwe: No Aid Without Free Market Reforms
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903 June 18,1992 uos. To ZJMBABm NO AID WITHOUT FREEMARKET
RETORMS INTRODUCTION For years American foreign aid policy
unwittingly has helped to perpetuate poverty in Africa. Sbce 1960
the Uni ted States has funnelled approximately $30 billion in aid
to Africa, yet the continent still suffers from mass…
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Backgrounder posted February 27, 1992 by Thomas P.
Up From Poverty: Advancing Economic Development in Zambia
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884 February 27,1992 UP FROM POWRIX ADVANCING ECONOMIC DEWLO~NT
IN ZAMBIA INTRODUCTION Africa is a continent of poverty-stricken
countries that 8te getting pmr every year. Zambia, located in the
central part of southern Africa, is no exception. T his coun try of
8 million people, once among Africas…
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Backgrounder posted November 14, 1991 by Thomas P.
Tanzania's Travail: Lessons in Improving American Aid to the ThirdWorld
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866 November 14,1991 TANZANIAS. TRAVm LESSONS IN IMPROVING AMERICAN
AID TO THE THIRD WORLD INTRODU CTION Africas once promising
post-colonial era has proven to be a time of economic despair, with
conditions in the vast majority of African countries today as bad,
if not worse, than ever befare. This…
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