Rethinking US Foreign Assistance Blog

In a new CGD paper, Kaysie Brown, Bilal Siddiqi and Myra Sessions take a closer look at whether the MCA is cutting into existing US development aid funding. As CGD has pointed out before, the MCA was intended to be a supplemental aid program that would complement—and not replace—existing aid structures. But many commentators have expressed worries that the administration is failing to live up to President Bush’s promise, and that increases in MCA funding are diverting funding away from USAID.