Foreign aid is intended to result in development.
Alliance for Progress
According to the last budget a tiny amount of the total US budget is spent on foreign aid. About 0.1 or 0.2% is the figure. In 2009 the total foreign aid was around $48 billion. President G.W. Bush submitted to Congress a total budget request of $3.1 trillion.
A disadvantage of foreign aid to a developing country might be the amount of money used for foreign aid when domestic aid is needed. It can be known up front if the aid will benefit the developing country.
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Foreign aid
Foreign aid is help such as economic or military assistance provided by one country to another.
Russia does not give foreign aid to the usa. In fact Russia killed most or all of it's foreign aid back in the 90's with the collapse of the Soviet Union and has just recently started a foreign aid program again.
In the US, under the direction of the US president, the departments of state, commerce and defense handle foreign aid programs and sales of military weapons to other nations. The US Department of Agriculture also plays a major role.
Foreign Aid
foreign aid
In the US, under the direction of the US president, the departments of state, commerce and defense handle foreign aid programs and sales of military weapons to other nations. The US Department of Agriculture also plays a major role.