Bucking the Trend
President Bush has proposed increased spending on development assistance, which would stem a long-standing decline in percentage of the U.S. budget devoted to foreign aid.
| Aid as % of Budget | |
| 1960's | 2.36% |
| 1970's | 1.07 |
| 1980's | .92 |
| 1990's | .68 |
| 2000-03 | .57 |
| 2004* | .63 |
| *Proposed | |
Source: The Brookings Institution
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