Millennium Challenge Account : Congressional Consideration of a New Foreign Aid Initiative.

Provides background on and reviews issues surrounding Congressional consideration of the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA), a new foreign economic assistance initiative targeting developing countries that demonstrate a commitment to specified economic, humanitarian, and political criteria. Discusse...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2004.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Economic development. Economic assistance. Developing countries. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Provides background on and reviews issues surrounding Congressional consideration of the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA), a new foreign economic assistance initiative targeting developing countries that demonstrate a commitment to specified economic, humanitarian, and political criteria. Discusses potential implications for AID and other U.S. assistance programs, and outlines various policy issues and proposals regarding MCA recipient country eligibility and income levels, MCA performance indicators and selection procedures, MCA organizational structures, program development and selection, and MCA funding and oversight.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Nov. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.