U.S. Foreign Aid: Investing in Countries that Help Themselves

U.S. Foreign Aid: Investing in Countries that Help Themselves

Explainer Video by Isobel Coleman, Interviewer and Daniel Yohannes, Interviewee

April 1, 2011 10:33 am (EST)

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Daniel Yohannes, CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, discusses the MCC’s work with Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy and Director of the Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative at the Council on Foreign Relations.

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