An Aid Policy for the United States: Increase Connectedness of Democratic States

Abstract

US aid could be more carefully spent in the interest of the nation by focusing on the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Twelve Pillars of Competitiveness. This paper examines the pillars with a bias toward connecting developing nations to world trade. Several nations will be briefly examined for possible development aid that would accelerate their economies, driving them up the WEFs development stages. This proposal would focus on nations that are compatible with democratic values in an effort to develop trading partners with fewer ideological conflicts. This essay argues that US foreign aid policy should be solely focused on developing trade infrastructure in nations that are democratic, opening those markets to world trade and developing a worldwide democratic trading bloc.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 20, 2018
Accession Number
AD1062152

Entities

People

  • Torrence B. Wilson

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commerce
  • Developing Nations
  • Disasters
  • Economics
  • Failed States
  • Foreign Aid
  • Governments
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Infrastructure
  • International Trade
  • Investments
  • National Security
  • Natural Gas
  • Peru
  • Security
  • Terrorism
  • United States

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Systems Analysis and Design