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Rationale for Development Activities Rationale for Development Activities
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National Security National Security
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Economic Prosperity Economic Prosperity
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Global Public Goods Global Public Goods
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Humanitarian and Moral Imperatives Humanitarian and Moral Imperatives
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Combination Combination
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How the United States Supports Development How the United States Supports Development
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Commodity Transfers Commodity Transfers
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Capacity Building and Technical Assistance Capacity Building and Technical Assistance
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Multilateral Organizations Multilateral Organizations
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Budget Support Budget Support
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Debt Relief/Debt Swaps Debt Relief/Debt Swaps
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Investment and Trade Support Investment and Trade Support
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Competing Interests and Objectives Competing Interests and Objectives
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Competing Interests between Donors and Recipients Competing Interests between Donors and Recipients
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Competing Interests between Parts of the U.S. Government Competing Interests between Parts of the U.S. Government
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Competing Interests between the U.S. Government and NGOs/Implementers Competing Interests between the U.S. Government and NGOs/Implementers
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Competing Interests between the U.S. Government and Other Donors Competing Interests between the U.S. Government and Other Donors
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Addressing Tensions Addressing Tensions
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Managing Relations with Other Donors Managing Relations with Other Donors
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Measuring Results Measuring Results
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Managing Relations with Recipient Countries Managing Relations with Recipient Countries
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Public Private Partnerships Public Private Partnerships
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Notes Notes
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11 Development Assistance: Rationale and Applications
Get accessAmbassador John A. Simon is the founder of an impact investing firm, Total Impact Capital, the Vice Chair of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis, and a member of the Trade Advisory Committee for Africa. Prior to launching Total Impact Capital, Ambassador Simon was a visiting fellow at the Center for Global Development, where he coauthored More than Money, a report on impact investing as a development tool. Previously, Ambassador Simon held several posts in the U.S. government, including serving as the United States Ambassador to the African Union, the Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Relief, Stabilization, and Development at the White House. He started his federal government service as Deputy Assistant Administrator in the Program and Policy Coordination Bureau of the United States Agency for International Development. He holds a masters degree from the Harvard Kennedy School.
Michael W. Miller is a partner at the Kyle House Group, a Washington, DC–based consultancy and an adjunct associate professor at the Duke Global Health Institute. Prior to joining the firm, he was Republican Policy Director for the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations for Senator Bob Corker, where he oversaw policy and legislative initiatives globally. From 2001 to 2009, Michael held several senior policy positions in the executive branch and the White House, including Senior Advisor in the office of the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services; Deputy Assistant Administrator for Global Health at the U.S. Agency for International Development; and Director for Africa on the National Security Council at the White House. Michael began his career with the International Republican Institute as a democracy and governance adviser in Africa, traveling and working extensively across the continent. He received his bachelor’s degree with honors in geography from the University of Tennessee and his master’s degree in political geography from the University of South Carolina.
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Published:05 February 2018
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The Marshall Plan marked the beginning of modern foreign assistance, and from the very outset national security and foreign aid have been inextricably linked. Successful development assistance can make the world a safer, more stable place, advancing U.S. national interests in direct and subtle ways. Aid can help struggling states avoid becoming failing states, where all manner of threats—from terrorists to international criminal networks to deadly pathogens—can find a safe haven. Aid helps stave off political strife that contributes to the rise of demagogues with interests antithetical to those of the United States. At its best, foreign assistance can reinforce country efforts to join the community of democracies. A world where there are fewer wars, terrorist safe havens, and political tyrants is a more secure world for the United States.
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