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The Marshall Plan proposed the reduction of interstate barriers and the economic integration of the European Continent while also encouraging an increase in productivity as well as the adoption of modern business procedures. [3] The Marshall Plan aid was divided among the participant states roughly on a per capita basis.
The Committee for the Marshall Plan, also known as Citizens' Committee for the Marshall Plan to Aid European Recovery, was a short-term organization established to promote passage of the European Recovery Program known as the Marshall Plan – which "fronted for a State Department legally barred from engaging in propaganda."
George C. Marshall. On 5 June 1947, George C. Marshall, at the time Secretary of State of the United States of America, gave an address at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he proposed a plan to aid European recovery after the events of World War II, in the form of financial and economic assistance from the United States.
After witnessing the misery in Gaza, physician Zaher Sahloul calls for a massive, international rebuilding effort there on par with the post-WWII Marshall Plan. Opinion: Half measures won’t work ...
The Mutual Security Act of 1951 was the successor to the Mutual Defense Assistance Act and the Economic Cooperation Act of 1949, which administered the Marshall plan. It became law on 10 October 1951, and created a new, independent agency, the Mutual Security Administration, to supervise all foreign aid programs including military assistance ...
A “Marshall Plan for Haiti” could unlock the nation’s untapped potential. Starting with a geological survey to identify natural resources, such as gold and oil, this plan would invite global ...
One of a number of posters created by the Economic Cooperation Administration to promote the Marshall Plan in Europe. The flags, as depicted clockwise from the top, are those of Portugal, Norway, Belgium, Iceland, West Germany, the Free Territory of Trieste (erroneously with a blue background instead of red), Italy, Denmark, Austria, the Netherlands, Ireland, Sweden, Turkey, Greece, France ...
As the world strives to avert a larger humanitarian catastrophe in earthquake-stricken Haiti, all resources and immediate attention first must be dedicated to saving as many lives as possible. But ...