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Report Examines Foreign Affairs Budget Reforms In Light Of Austerity
"The United States should be more selective about where and how it spends foreign assistance," according to a new report (.pdf), titled "Engagement Amid Austerity: A Bipartisan Approach to Reorienting the International Affairs Budget," co-authored by John Norris of the Center for American Progress and Connie Veillette of the Center for Global Development (CGD), the CGD website notes. The report "identifies four flagship reforms that would help U.S. foreign affairs institutions to better reflect national interests and reduce ineffective spending," including "[a]ccelerat[ing] cost-sharing arrangements with upper middle income recipients of" PEPFAR and "[o]verhaul[ing] U.S. food aid laws and regulations," according to the website (5/8).
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