Finally, Washington should stop treating the defense budget as a form of foreign aid.
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If you ask your average constituent where does federal dollars go, they'll tell you foreign aid.
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The impoverished country has no access to the sea and is heavily dependent on foreign aid.
The 2009 coup has left Madagascar isolated by the international community and deprived of foreign aid.
Why has all the foreign aid of the past half century failed to make a dent?
This is precisely the kind of foreign aid that American taxpayers should be concerned about.
Arafat's three main sources of cash: foreign aid, Israeli tax transfers and profits from PA-controlled companies.
Haitian tradition holds that the country needs foreign aid to get back on its feet.
Foreign aid is also a national security issue, serving as an important humanitarian diplomacy.
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Meanwhile, the Tanzanian government can continue to rely on budgets boosted by foreign aid.
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All of this would mean nothing if Malawi was not so reliant on foreign aid.
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Foreign aid workers affirm that the government tries to spread its resources as widely as possible.
Uganda, dependent on foreign aid for 55% of its budget, would be especially vulnerable.
It is crisscrossed with canals and irrigation ditches built by U.S. foreign aid in the 1950s.
Given America's general stinginess when it comes to foreign aid, their concern is understandable.
For her part, Clinton complained about the congressional holds placed on foreign aid and bilateral assistance.
But for those serious about reducing the deficit, foreign aid is hardly the place to start.
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In an election year, congressmen are loth to support anything that smacks of foreign aid.
Meanwhile, Japan is scaling back its foreign aid programme in the teeth of a domestic recession.
Similarly, the threat of losing foreign aid or preferential market-access may concentrate minds in the Caribbean.
The trouble is, foreign aid has rarely been allocated with these points in mind.
In fact all foreign aid combined accounts for far less than 1% of the federal budget.
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And make no mistake, the PA budget is entirely a creation of foreign aid.
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The impoverished country now has no access to the sea and is heavily dependent on foreign aid.
We give less in foreign aid than any other wealthy country as a percentage of our GDP.
Critics also accused Mutharika of jeopardizing international relations and risking foreign aid that benefits the nation's poor.
The pernicious influence of oil, along with other rents such as foreign aid, is easier to measure.
As American officials happily point out, it contributes barely 1% of foreign aid to the Palestinian Authority.
Foreign aid and other governmental efforts to help poor countries hardly have a resounding record of success.
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