0 the help that is given by a richer country to a poorer one, usually in the form of money or food
1 help that is given by a richer country to a poorer one, usually in the form of money or food:
Furthermore, the money that government takes away from us for foreign aid is used to subsidize our political enemies and economic competitors abroad.
Meanwhile this country has continued to bear more than its share of the West's military and foreign aid obligations.
No one can doubt or deny that the interest of various Governments, and the sense of justice among nations, gave the Poles a right to expect foreign aid.
Our foreign aid does grievous harm to the American people by burdening them with excessive taxation, thus making it difficult for them to expand their own economy.
The basic argument for foreign aid is that by helping the underdeveloped nations develop, we will keep them from falling under the dictatorship of communism.
However, overvaluation can also be caused by factors other than import controls, such as foreign aid availability.
The role of foreign aid has increased as the funding capability of the government has declined.
Before 1979, the debt increase was almost always smaller than the deficit because foreign aid covered par t of the deficit.
