Foreign Assistance Reform

In recent years, America has significantly increased its assistance to our partners around the world. Yet, as Secretary Rice has noted, the current structure of America's foreign assistance risks incoherent policies and ineffective programs and perhaps even wasted resources. Reform will focus foreign assistance on one overarching goal: 'Helping to build and sustain democratic, well-governed states that will respond to the needs of their people and conduct themselves responsibly in the international system.' The reform aims to provide a comprehensive foreign assistance strategy for the U.S. against which to measure success and upon which the U.S. Government will report to all stakeholders both at home and abroad.

--10/27/06  Foreign Assistance Standardized Program Structure and Definitions
--06/22/06  U.S. Foreign Assistance Reform: Achieving Results & Sustainability in Support of Transformational Diplomacy
--06/15/06  Frequently Asked Questions About U.S. Foreign Assistance Reform
--01/19/06  New Direction for U.S. Foreign Assistance