Front Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- A New Urgency: International Development and U.S. Foreign Policy -- The Nature of Development -- What is Foreign Aid? -- The Mission and Purposes of U.S. Foreign Aid -- A Short History of Aid -- Organizational Landscape of U.S. Foreign Aid -- Structure and Processes of the U.S. Agency for International Development -- The Political Context of U.S. International Assistance -- Alternative Approaches: Other Aid-Giving Donor Countries -- Foreign Aid in the Twenty-First Century -- Challenges and Opportunities: Recommendations and Options for Organizing U.S. Foreign Aid -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover.