Unmasking Foreign Aid in the Classroom: To Promote Environmentally Sustainable Development

Autor/in	Klock, John S.
Titel	Unmasking Foreign Aid in the Classroom: To Promote Environmentally Sustainable Development
Quelle	In: Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 4 (2005) 1, S.43-54 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1533-015X
Schlagwörter	Sustainable Development; Foreign Policy; Public Agencies; Economic Development; Efficiency; Environmental Education; Geography Instruction; Social Sciences; Interdisciplinary Approach; Curriculum Development; Developing Nations; International Trade; Debt (Financial) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Außenpolitik; Öffentliche Einrichtung; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Effectiveness; Effektivität; Wirkungsgrad; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Geography education; Geography lessons; Geografieunterricht; Social science; Sozialwissenschaften; Gesellschaftswissenschaften; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Trade; International relations; Handel; Internationale Beziehungen
Abstract	The goal of this article is to analyze American foreign aid and whether it promotes environmental sustainability. A review of the significant literature was undertaken and some suggestions have been provided to make our foreign aid more effective. Our development agencies, mainly the United States Agency for International Development, while well-intentioned, are inefficient, and subject to interference by Congress and the Executive Branch. Some suggestions have been made to improve overseas development assistance (ODA) delivery, efficiency, and sustainability. This article stresses the need for environmental science, geography, and social science educators to incorporate foreign aid as a part of holistic, interdisciplinary curriculum. ODA should be only a small part of a larger focus, including debt and fair trade, to help developing countries become economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable. The United States is obliged to pay its fair share for use of the global environmental commons. Some options have been presented to redress America's use of the global commons including a proposal to triple ODA to 0.3% of GNP. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01