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MORE AND BETTER AID | Get PDF More than one billion people around the world live on less than $1 per day. Securing their basic necessities like clean water, food, education and health care, requires financial assistance from external sources delivered efficiently and effectively. The United States has a long tradition of helping people help themselves. By contributing our share – roughly an additional 1% of the federal budget – in partnership with other nations, we can:
Directing an additional ONE percent of the 2010 estimated budget -- about $29 billion -- will allow for longer-term sustainable growth while fighting the corruption that wastes precious resources. ONE believes the value of international assistance depends not only on funding levels, but also on the quality of assistance. Development assistance to poor countries produces results
America has a long tradition of global leadership U.S. development assistance funding began a general downward trend in the 1950s and hit an all-time low in the mid 1990s. We are spending 17% less on International Affairs than at the height of the Cold War. Yet the global challenges we face today are far more complex. The International Affairs Budget represents only 1.2% of the entire federal budget, that’s 1.2% to fund essential development and humanitarian programs that foster economic prosperity around the world, strengthen our national security, and reinforce our commitment to humanitarian values. America has a long tradition of global leadership. We have many resources to share with our global neighbors. ONE is asking for an additional 1% for poverty-focused development assistance so that America can help win the war against the indignities of poverty. For the first time, we have the technology and effective, affordable solutions to end extreme poverty. We have the opportunity to make a difference now Every year President Bush submits his budget request to Congress. Congress ultimately determines how much the U.S. government will spend the following year. Currently, Congress is debating the fiscal year 2008 budget which means right now there is an opportunity to move closer to our goal. ONE is asking Congress to fully fund the International Affairs Budget for Fiscal Year 2008. |
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