Abstract
Problem statement: This study examined foreign aid as administered by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) through four presidencies, beginning with the Reagan era. Aid dispensed to the Peace Corps for humanitarian purpo ses was the major focus of the investigation. The research proposed that such aid should continue und er the President Barack Obama administration. Approach: The approach taken used both qualitative analyses of the four administrations along with quantitative analyses of the data from USAID. Results: The findings indicated that, while many forms of economic and military assistance had been both u sed and abused throughout much of American history, the Peace Corps created President Jo hn F. Kennedy presented an exception. However, the Peace Corps had received both benefit and harm as a beneficiary of US foreign aid due to fluctuating economic realities associated with the federal budget. President Reagan was a strong supporter of the Peace Corps; yet, it was under hi s watch that the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Deficit Reduction Act of 1985 was passed, which negatively influenced nearly all forms of economic and military assistance distributed through USAID. Star ting with President Clinton's second term funding for USAID dramatically increased. Conclusion: The Peace Corps was not immune to the adverse effects, but funding also increased President Clinton. From this time onward, the Peace Corps has enjoyed a high level of political and financial support, a scenario that deserves to be continued President Obama. This study can help future a nalyses of the US presidential responses to the giving of assistance to the Peace Corps.
Highlights
Foreign economic assistance is one of the most difficult subjects of debate between the US congress and president
This study will first address the general changes in the direction of foreign economic assistance from the Reagan administration to through the second George W
Social Sci., 5(2):139-145, 2009 for International Development (USAID) that would continue until the introduction of the Gramm-RudmanHollings Deficit Reduction Act (GRHDRA) during 1985
Summary
Foreign economic assistance is one of the most difficult subjects of debate between the US congress and president. This study will first address the general changes in the direction of foreign economic assistance from the Reagan administration to through the second George W. Stubbing[20] stated, “As a candidate in 1980, Ronald Reagan campaigned hard on the perception of a vastly weakened America. He scored well with blanket assertions of US military inadequacy, caused by conciliatory detente policies and underfunded defense budgets of the 1970s. He portrayed President the same direction of change to the overall budget and Carter as ‘soft on defense” (851).
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