Deservedness, development, and the state: Geographic categorization in the US Agency for International Development's Foreign Assistance Framework

Geoforum

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1625-1636

  Essex, Jamey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development; Foreign aid; Neoliberalization; Security; United States; US Agency for International Development (USAID)

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; AID ORGANIZATION; AID POLICY; DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT AID; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; GEOPOLITICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL AID; NEOLIBERALISM; SECURITY; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50049129626     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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