Shows how different countries' foreign aid programs are profoundly shaped by their visions of the purpose of aid.

1. The many uses of foreign aid; 2. One policy, multiple goals: framing and foreign aid; 3. Debates about aid: contents and patterns; 4. Aid frames: origins and evolution; 5. The administration of aid policy; 6. The generosity contest: determinants of aid volume; 7. The popularity contest: selecting the recipients of aid; 8. Conclusion: frames and policy; Appendix A. Legislative debates coded; Appendix B. Debate coding examples; Appendix C. Aid allocation: data and sources.

A. Maurits van der Veen received his Ph.D. in Government from Harvard University and is currently an Assistant Professor at the College of William and Mary. He has also taught at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Georgia. His research focuses on the impact of ideas on the making of foreign policy; in addition to foreign aid, he has written on European integration and human rights policy.