Publication

Total U.S. offi cial development assistance declined sharply in the last two years from $27.9 billion in 2005 to $21.8 billion in 2007, according to offi cial data released last week. As the Bush administration comes to a close, we take the opportunity to examine the major trends in U.S. development assistance globally and to sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in recent years. We also examine progress on the U.S. pledge, made on the eve of the 2005 G-8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, to double U.S. assistance to Africa between 2004 and 2010.