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Foreign trade is not a replacement for foreign aid, of course, but foreign aid to a country that doesn't also engage in significant amounts of foreign trade is more likely to end up in the pockets of dictators and cronies.
Brian Behlendorf

Meaning of "foreign aid" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FOREIGN AID

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOREIGN AID

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Foreign aid is a noun.
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WHAT DOES FOREIGN AID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Aid

In international relations, aid is – from the perspective of governments – a voluntary transfer of resources from one country to another. Humanitarianism and altruism are at least partly an objective for the giving of aid. It may have other functions as well: it may be given as a signal of diplomatic approval, or to strengthen a military ally, to reward a government for behaviour desired by the donor, to extend the donor's cultural influence, to provide infrastructure needed by the donor for resource extraction from the recipient country, or to gain other kinds of commercial access. Aid may be given by individuals, private organizations, or governments. Standards delimiting exactly the kinds of transfers that count as aid vary. For example, aid figures may or may not include transfers for military use: the United States, for example, included military assistance in its aid figure until 1957 but no longer does. The most widely used measure of aid is "Official Development Assistance".

Definition of foreign aid in the English dictionary

The definition of foreign aid in the dictionary is economic and other assistance given by one country to another.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOREIGN AID

foreign affairs
foreign agent
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
foreign bill
foreign body
foreign correspondent
foreign currency
foreign currency income
foreign draft
foreign exchange
foreign exchange market
foreign exchange rate
foreign investment
foreign legion
foreign minister
foreign ministry
foreign mission
foreign national
foreign office
foreign policy

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOREIGN AID

artificial aid
buoyancy aid
deaf aid
first aid
food aid
gift aid
hearing aid
home aid
legal aid
sex aid
slimming aid
teaching aid
urban aid
visual aid

Synonyms and antonyms of foreign aid in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «foreign aid» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOREIGN AID

Find out the translation of foreign aid to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of foreign aid from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «foreign aid» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

外援
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ayuda externa
570 millions of speakers

English

foreign aid
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विदेशी सहायता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المساعدات الخارجية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

иностранная помощь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ajuda externa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিদেশী সাহায্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

l´aide étrangère
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

bantuan asing
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Auslandshilfe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

対外援助
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

해외 원조
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bantuan manca
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

viện trợ nước ngoài
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெளிநாட்டு உதவி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विदेशी मदत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dış yardım
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

aiuti esteri
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pomoc zagraniczna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

іноземна допомога
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ajutor extern
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εξωτερική βοήθεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

buitelandse hulp
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

utländskt bistånd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

utenlandsk hjelp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of foreign aid

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOREIGN AID»

The term «foreign aid» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.813 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOREIGN AID» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about foreign aid

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10 QUOTES WITH «FOREIGN AID»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word foreign aid.
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Brian Behlendorf
Foreign trade is not a replacement for foreign aid, of course, but foreign aid to a country that doesn't also engage in significant amounts of foreign trade is more likely to end up in the pockets of dictators and cronies.
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Seth Berkley
Science is one of the comparative advantages of our knowledge-based economy, and focusing on our prowess in providing better tools to address diseases of poverty is one of the best forms of foreign aid.
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James Buchan
By pouring money and goods into devastated regions, foreign aid workers sometimes compound the disruption and debauch the survivors.
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Nigel Farage
Maybe this will be the beginning of a trend? Flat taxes, cutting foreign aid, a referendum on Europe, grammar schools. Who knows?
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Johann Gottlieb Fichte
By philosophy the mind of man comes to itself, and from henceforth rests on itself without foreign aid, and is completely master of itself, as the dancer of his feet, or the boxer of his hands.
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Suzanne Fields
Many critics of the Palestinians, especially those in Congress, think the current calm is merely the eye of the storm. That's why the House of Representatives approved a foreign aid package last week that forbade the direct financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority .
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Lindsey Graham
I'm the ranking Republican on the foreign aid appropriations subcommittee, so I know Tunisia well.
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Lee H. Hamilton
Foreign aid is neither a failure nor a panacea. It is, instead, an important tool of American policy that can serve the interests of the United States and the world if wisely administered.
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Pauline Hanson
In this financial year we will be spending at least $1.5 billion on foreign aid and we cannot be sure that this money will be properly spent, as corruption and mismanagement in many of the recipient countries are legend.
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Anthony Lewis
Congress has shortchanged not only foreign aid but foreign policy. A mistaken notion that diplomats are unimportant and hence undeserving of support grips conservative legislators, especially.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOREIGN AID»

Discover the use of foreign aid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to foreign aid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Foreign Aid: Diplomacy, Development, Domestic Politics
Carol Lancaster effectively puts this dispute to rest here by providing the most comprehensive answer yet to the question of why governments give foreign aid.
Carol Lancaster, 2008
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Does Foreign Aid Really Work?
The book concludes by detailing the practical ways that aid needs to change if it is to be the effective force for good that its providers claim it is.
Roger C. Riddell, 2007
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Give and Take: What's the Matter with Foreign Aid?
Give and Take grasps these questions.Foreign aid is an issue that concerns us all, financially and morally. This thoughtful book argues that aid must be made less of a problem, more of a solution.
David Sogge, 2002
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The Domestic Politics of Foreign Aid
This book explains varied donor priorities by examining how societal actors, governmental actors, and the institutions that regulate their interactions influence development policy choices.
Erik Lundsgaarde, 2012
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Haiti in the Balance: Why Foreign Aid Has Failed and What We ...
"Tackles such questions as why has assistance been so ineffectual and what can be learned from Haiti's plight concerning foreign aid in general, by analyzing nearly twenty years of Haitian history, politics, and foreign relations"--Provided ...
Buss, Terry F. Buss, 2009
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Reinventing foreign aid
In Reinventing Foreign Aid, development expert William Easterly has gathered top scholars in the field to discuss how to improve foreign aid.
William Easterly, 2008
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Ideas, Interests and Foreign Aid
Instead, analysing half a century of legislative debates on aid in these four countries, this book presents a unique picture both of cross-national and over time patterns in the salience of different aid frames and of varying aid programmes ...
A. Maurits van der Veen, 2011
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Foreign Aid in Africa: Learning from Country Experiences
This volume reports on the findings of an international research project on aid effectiveness in Africa.
Jerker Carlsson, Gloria Somolekae, Nicolas Van de Walle, 1997
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Organizing U.S. Foreign Aid: Confronting the Challenges of ...
"Recommends fundamental reorganization of U.S. foreign aid, currently based on outsourcing and management for results, in favor of a more unified approach emphasizing development education, stringent evaluation, and a new approach to ...
Carol Lancaster, Ann Van Dusen, 2005
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Foreign Aid as Foreign Policy: The Alliance for Progress in ...
Foreign Aid as Foreign Policy presents a wide-ranging, thoughtful analysis of the most significant economic-aid program of the 1960s, John F. Kennedy’s Alliance for Progress.
Jeffrey Taffet, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOREIGN AID»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term foreign aid is used in the context of the following news items.
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US Screening on Foreign Projects Roils Aid Groups - The New York …
... the president of InterAction, an umbrella group of humanitarian organizations, say the vast collection of information on foreign aid workers ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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Canada should increase foreign aid
Canada should increase foreign aid. Submit your letter to The Editor. Poll. Should the city go with a seniors' centre split, and use both the ... «Medicine Hat News, Jul 15»
3
Why does so little foreign aid go to support universities?
Between 2002 and 2013, approximately US$42.6 billion was given in foreign aid by the world's richest countries to support higher education in ... «The Conversation UK, Jul 15»
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CBI books Teesta, hubby for 'illegal' foreign aid
NEW DELHI: The CBI on Tuesday registered a case against civil rights activist Teesta Setalvad, her husband Javed Anand and businessman ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
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Majlis of Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed hosts lecture on development …
Sheikha Lubna said that the development of the UAE foreign aid sector has witnessed four basic stages: foundation, expansion, specialisation ... «MENAFN.COM, Jul 15»
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Money for old rocks - we need real trade not foreign aid
This latest news to come out concerning the foreign aid budget just emphasises that the UK needs to do real trade with countries around the ... «The Economic Voice, Jul 15»
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Britain may have blown £2m in foreign aid helping Nigerians to …
Britain may have squandered millions of pounds in aid money to fund a project in Nigeria designed to boost leather exports – but has instead ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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Obama's 'girl power' foreign policy boosts UN aid
Though this spending is generally uncontested, there have been efforts to reduce this foreign aid in recent years. In 2013, Sen. Rand Paul of ... «Watchdog.org, Jul 15»
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China's foreign aid reform and implications for Africa
Over the past several years, an increasingly strong voice has risen in China calling for the reform of its foreign aid policies and systems. «Brookings Institution, Jul 15»
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Can foreign aid be the solution to Africa's problems?
I have written this article as a reflection on what the Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary, Dr. Asuman Lukwago, revealed in the New Vision ... «New Vision, Jul 15»

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