The Global Poverty Reduction Act: Ignoring the Key Ingredient


 

Publication Date: September 1988

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Melanie S. Tammen

Research Area: International relations

Keywords: Trade and foreign aid

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The Global Poverty Reduction Act, while a sincere attempt to set clear goals for U.S. foreign aid, is certain to fail because rather than seeking to promote general growth, it would turn foreign aid into a global welfare system.