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1 online resource (31 pages) |
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Carnegie papers ; no. 90 |
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Working papers (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) ; no. 90.
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Introduction -- The reform on paper -- The reform in practice -- Assessing the reform : costs outweigh the gains -- Summary |
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"In Assessing Secretary of State Rice's Reform of U.S. Foreign Assistance, former senior USAID official Gerald Hyman analyzes the objectives, implementation, and impact of the Secretary's effort to create a cohesive foreign assistance program fully integrated with U.S. national security policy. Key Conclusions: The new system confuses strategic decisions, which should be made in Washington, with tactical ones better suited to context-knowledgeable field officers. Reforms also require that any change made to a foreign assistance project receive approval from the newly created Director of Foreign Assistance (DFA) position, creating huge potential for gridlock. In the quest for greater strategic control, the reorganization actually diminishes Washington's ability to evaluate the objectives and successes of foreign assistance projects. Detailed narratives which provided rationale for programs under the old system have been replaced by a complex, numbered grid system that lacks critical information, making a serious assessment of projects in Washington difficult. The reorganization was led by 'core country teams, ' the members of which, in many instances, had only a passing knowledge of the country they were to plan for. The implementation process also failed to involve many key stakeholders, including ambassadors, USAID missions, and congressional leaders. The reorganization was instituted due in large part to the Secretary's inability to answer congressional inquiries regarding U.S. spending on democracy promotion. The new system places an exaggerated emphasis on the ultimately futile attempt to instantly report on U.S. foreign assistance expenditures and detail the outcomes of an $11 billion program. 'The old system was a fractured, nonstrategic, hodgepodge of bureaucratic satraps in need of a fundamental fix. Greater coherence was certainly necessary. But the Rice reform is deeply, perhaps irredeemably flawed. There were available corrections far short of, and far better than, this foreign assistance reform, ' writes Hyman."--Taken from publisher's Web site |
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country fi assistance strategy foreign reform team program transformational diplomacy |
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Title from PDF cover (viewed Apr 3, 2008) |
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"February 2008." |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web |
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System requirements: Adobe Reader |
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Rice, Condoleezza, 1954-
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Rice, Condoleezza, 1954- fast (OCoLC)fst00106240 |
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United States. Department of State
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United States. Agency for International Development.
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United States. Agency for International Development. fast (OCoLC)fst00576009 |
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United States. Department of State. fast (OCoLC)fst01802976 |
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Diplomacy.
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Diplomatic and consular service, American.
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diplomacy.
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Diplomacy.
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Diplomatic and consular service, American.
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Diplomatic relations.
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International economic relations.
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International relations -- Administration.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 21st century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003003697
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United States -- Foreign relations administration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140116
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United States -- Foreign economic relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140052
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United States.
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Electronic book
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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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Democracy and Rule of Law Program (U.S.)
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