American Foreign Aid

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This paper examines why foreign aid programs are worthy of pursuing. The paper explains that they are an investment that can improve America's image in the world, help millions of people and reduce terrorism. The paper describes how much of the Third World is struggling in poverty and despair and people in these countries are becoming increasingly resentful of wealthy, powerful countries like the United States. The paper explains that this resentment is often taken advantage of by terrorist groups like Al Qaeda, which recruits people in these countries and trains them to become terrorists.

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"Over the past fifty years, a debate has ensued regarding the effectiveness of American foreign aid to developing countries. Proponents of foreign aid, which is usually in the form of food, loans or direct financial assistance, contend that providing these forms of aid is an advantage because it improves political stability in these countries and helps to raise the standard of living of their people. Unfortunately, evidence from decades of American shipments of food and financial assistance to countries like Laos and Cambodia is mixed, for much of this aid rarely gets to the poverty-stricken people it was intended for. Critics of foreign aid claim that progress and self-reliance in developing countries cannot be achieved by handing them food and money."

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