Cover Story | President Bush says expanded aid to developing countries is
necessary because "hope is an answer to terror ... opportunity is a
fundamental right to human dignity ... because faith requires it
and conscience demands it." While per-capita income in poor
countries has doubled in two generations, half of the world's
population lives on under $2 a day. AIDS and civil wars are
depleting life expectancy. Under the president's plan, aid will
increase by $10 billion over three years-a 50 percent
Cover Story | Republicans used to equate foreign-aid spending with pouring money down a "rathole." With a GOP president in the White House and a world war on terrorism raging, foreign aid is earning a second look, even a commitment to spend more-but with a new promise that it will be spent well
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