Foreign Aid

Concept of Foreign Aid

An introductory definition of Foreign Aid is provided here: Donations of money, goods, or services from one nation to another. Such donations can be made for a humanitarian, altruistic purpose, or to advance the national interests of the giving nation. While in total dollars the United States gives a large amount of foreign aid,as a percentage of U.S. gross domestic product U.S. foreign aid appears stingy compared with aid given by other industrialized nations.

Concept of Foreign Aid

Note: explore also the meaning of this legal term in the American Ecyclopedia of Law.

Foreign Aid

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See Also

• Foreign Affairs
• National Defense

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See Also

• Foregin Policy
• Foreign Affairs

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Further Reading

• Information related to foreign aid in the Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Law(MPEPIL), Germany, United Kingdom

Hierarchical Display of Foreign aid

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Foreign aid

Concept of Foreign aid

See the dictionary definition of Foreign aid.

Characteristics of Foreign aid

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Translation of Foreign aid

• Spanish: Ayuda al exterior
• French: Aide à l’étranger
• German: Auslandshilfe
• Italian: Aiuto all’estero
• Portuguese: Ajuda ao estrangeiro
• Polish: Pomoc zagraniczna

Thesaurus of Foreign aid

International Relations > Cooperation policy > Aid policy > Foreign aid
International Relations > Cooperation policy > Cooperation policy > Third country > Foreign aid

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• Third country