Authors present differing opinions on whether foreign aid benefits US national security, whether US foreign aid money should be spent on America, and whether developing nations want free trade, not foreign aid.

Foreign aid helps recipient nations escape poverty / Jeffrey D. Sachs - Foreign aid benefits US national security / Rajiv Shah - Foreign aid has been a failure / Andrei Schleifer - Congress should cut foreign aid / Dick Morris - Congress should not cut foreign aid / Richard Stearns - Congress should not cut Millennium Challenge Corporation funding / James M. Roberts - Foreign aid is wasted on Africa / Charles Abugre - US foreign aid money should be spent on America / Gary Connor - American foreign aid supports corrupt regimes / Thomas R. Eddlem - America should aid nations that demonstrate governmental accountability / Larry Diamond - America should aid nations that show progress toward goals / Nancy Birdsall, Ayah Mahgoub, and William D. Savedoff - Foreign aid should focus on strengthening local institutions / Nicholas Eberstadt and Carol C. Adelman - Developing nations want free trade, not foreign aid / Njoroge Wachai - The "trade, not aid" strategy has not helped developing nations / Justin Frewen - Amateur philanthropists benefit foreign aid policy and practice / Josh Weinstein - Amateur philanthropists often harm foreign aid policy and practice / Dave Algoso.