INTRODUCTION
W!ii~ of the pc__ o the u
gross national product devoted t
foreign aid. About the same tim~
an independent internation~
commission， initiated by Worl，
Impact of U.S. Bank President Robert McNa
foreign aid for we were forced to mara and headed by former Wes
confront such difficult questions German Chancellor Will!
as: What causes poverty and Brandt， called for massive in
hunger? What is development? creases in industrial countries
Who can bring about develop- foreign aid.
ment? What responsibilities do By the time these commission~
Americans have in a world of made their recommendations， the
needless suffering? In this Intro- Carter administration bad al-
duction we seek to capsulize our ready committed U.S. taxpayers
understanding of these funda- to more foreign aid than ever--
mental issues， over $8 billion in fiscal 1980--to
be channeled through the Agency
Is more aid the answer? for International Development， ~
\"They are poor and hungry， food aid programs， t the World
We in the United States have so Bank， t and other multilateral aid
much. Shouldn t we increase our agencies. 1\" American taxpayers
foreign aid?\"
were asked to virtually double
This is the natural response of their contribution to the World
many Americans when confront- Bank， the leading source of devel-
ed by the incredible deprivation in opment loans.
which most of the world s people Justifying their progralns， aid
ire forced to live. spokespersons assure us that strat-
This understandable response egies for development have dra-
)f wanting to give to the needy is maticaliy improved， and that em-
einforced by foreign aid policy- phasis on rapid industrialization
nakers. In 1980， a special Presi- and the \"green revolution\" has
[entiai Commission on World been discarded in favor of a new
:lunger recommended a tripling development strategy. The new
$~~ \"A Primer: Sffme Essential Facts about the Aid Establishment\" at the end of this
book for an in-depth description Throughou the entire book， this symbol 1 will be
used 0 denote erms included In tile \"Primer.\"
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