Student Type

Undergraduate

College Affiliation

College of Arts and Humanities

Department

IR and PS

Submission Type

Poster

Abstract

The purpose of this proposal project is to evaluate current U.S. development policy and foreign assistance, with a specific emphasis on Africa. Recent research indicates that the original Marshall Plan, implemented in 1948 to rebuild postwar Europe through economic aid, provides a framework for future development policies. In order to successfully foster long-term establishment of democratic structures and economic prosperity, this study design, a natural experiment, focuses on pre-selected African countries, studying the implementation of a Marshall-style Plan for Africa. The findings are to be examined in an in-depth analysis and will conclude to what degree U.S. development policy ought to change in the future. The key of future policymaking in U.S. foreign assistance is to meet African countries as equals so that effective strategies to boost economic activity and democratic structures are not only developed but successfully incorporated.

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Implementation of a Marshall-style Plan for Africa as part of U.S. Development Policy and Foreign Assistance

The purpose of this proposal project is to evaluate current U.S. development policy and foreign assistance, with a specific emphasis on Africa. Recent research indicates that the original Marshall Plan, implemented in 1948 to rebuild postwar Europe through economic aid, provides a framework for future development policies. In order to successfully foster long-term establishment of democratic structures and economic prosperity, this study design, a natural experiment, focuses on pre-selected African countries, studying the implementation of a Marshall-style Plan for Africa. The findings are to be examined in an in-depth analysis and will conclude to what degree U.S. development policy ought to change in the future. The key of future policymaking in U.S. foreign assistance is to meet African countries as equals so that effective strategies to boost economic activity and democratic structures are not only developed but successfully incorporated.

 

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