Civics 101

Episode 115: Foreign Aid

<p>On today's episode: What is foreign aid, and how much money does the U.S. spend on it? Is it purely humanitarian, or is it strategic? And how do we know if foreign aid actually works? Addressing these issues with us is <a href="http://watson.brown.edu/people/fellows/atwood" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Atwood</a>, senior fellow at Brown University’s Watson Institute and former Administrator of USAID. </p>

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