foreign aid
economic, technical, or military aid given by one nation to another for purposes of relief and rehabilitation, for economic stabilization, or for mutual defense.
Origin of foreign aid
1- Also called aid.
Other words from foreign aid
- foreign-aid, adjective
Words Nearby foreign aid
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How to use foreign aid in a sentence
To be sure, over the past 20 years, the democratically elected government and the sectors of the economy flush with foreign aid experienced a lot of corruption.
The Clinton administration paired nonrecognition with meaningful foreign aid.
Pre-war U.S. support for Afghan women’s rights offers a blueprint for the future | Kelly Shannon | August 24, 2021 | Washington PostBattling its biggest health emergency since independence, India is gratefully accepting the help, having recently reversed a longstanding policy of refusing foreign aid.
India Needs All the Help It Can Get to Fight COVID-19, But Who Does Humanitarian Aid Really Serve? | Debasish Roy Chowdhury | May 21, 2021 | TimeOver the years, presidents have downplayed the role the Peace Corps plays in American life, and instead have used the organization to highlight their own foreign aid priorities.
Now 60 years old, the Peace Corps can be more than a Cold War artifact | Lacy Feigh | March 5, 2021 | Washington PostYears of occupation and blockade have left Palestinians dependent on foreign aid to prop up their economy and health system.
Israel leads the world in vaccination rates, but a key group is missing from the data | By Yara M. Asi/The Conversation | February 3, 2021 | Popular-Science
Meanwhile, Rand Paul actually wants to end all U.S. foreign aid.
Ebola Scare-Mongerer Rand Paul Wants You to Think You’re Going to Die | Sally Kohn | October 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDNR leaders admitted that foreign aid workers in the Donetsk region had good reasons to be concerned about their safety.
People have no idea what we spend on foreign aid because no one ever tells them.
Is It Just Me or Is the World Exploding? So Why Isn’t Obama Doing More? | Michael Tomasky | July 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn most polls, when people are asked what percentage of its budget the United States spends on foreign aid, they say 25.
Is It Just Me or Is the World Exploding? So Why Isn’t Obama Doing More? | Michael Tomasky | July 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA crucial area where one might expect Craner and Paul to disagree is foreign aid.
Is Rand Paul a Secret Hawk? Or Maybe Not a Total Dove? | James Kirchick | May 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Libyans and Berbers probably never knew a grape-culture of their own without foreign aid.
The Art of Drinking | Georg Gottfried GervinusBut the disappointment of their hopes of foreign aid only drove the adherents of revolt in Ireland to a rising of despair.
History of the English People, Volume VIII (of 8) | John Richard GreenI traveled all over the world and probably counteracted a billion dollars' worth of foreign aid.
Master of None | Lloyd Neil GobleSuch recognition, if obtained, would be followed immediately by a demand for "foreign aid."
And Then the Town Took Off | Richard WilsonNo other proposed route can claim foreign aid because of such good reasons.
Old Mackinaw | W. P. Strickland.
British Dictionary definitions for foreign aid
economic and other assistance given by one country to another
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