Impact of US economic assistance on the US economy : interim report

economic assistance program on the U.S. economy. It assesses the expenditures of seven A.I.D. country Missions to determine the flowback proportion of A.I.D."s assistance--with findings indicating that the flowback proportion varied as a function of the A.I.D. program. In its attempt to complete a macroeconomic assessment that correlates U.S. economic assistance and exports over time, the results indicated that 36 cents of additional U.S. merchandise exports worldwide can be associated with the last dollar of economic assistance. In general, projects aimed at policy reform, private enterprise, and sectoral development appear to have the potential for a continuing stream of U.S. exports beyond the life of these projects. (Author abstract, from PN-ABP-767)