Agenda for 4/27

1. Global Poverty Quiz

2. Using the foreignassistance.gov website, work with the members of your group to answer the questions on the US Foreign Assistance Note Sheet. Click here to visit the foreignassistance.gov website.

USAID – Note Sheet

1. What is US Government foreign assistance?

2. When was the first US foreign assistance program? What was it for?

3. How much money is proposed for spending foreign aid in 2017?

4. How many countries receive foreign assistance from the US?

5. How much money does the US expect to spend on each of the major categories of foreign assistance in 2017?

·      Peace and Security:

·      Democracy, Human Rights and Governance:

·      Education and Social Services:

·      Health:

·      Economic Development:

·      Humanitarian Assistance:

·      Environment:

6. For your chosen category above, define/describe the category, and identify the country that receives the most aid in that category.

7. Which ten countries receive the most foreign aid from the US? And how much will each receive in 2017?

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·      2.

·      3.

·      4.

·      5.

·      6.

·      7.

·      8.

·      9.

·      10

8. For your two assigned countries, provide a breakdown of how their US aid money is spent. Provide both the percentage of aid and dollar amount for each category of aid.

HW

A. Visit the USAID "What we do" website here.

B. From the "Sectors" section choose he category of USAID that you would like to focus on for a project you will be beginning next class.

C. Explore your sector and read through the information provided by the USAID website about your category.

D. Be able to broadly describe/define the problem(s) that your sector of USAID is trying solve.