http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/marshall-plan Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sun, 19 Apr 2026 05:34:10 -0400 Sun, 19 Apr 2026 05:34:10 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1619/american-aid-to-greece-the-marshall-plan-as-a-model-for-development-aid By Sebastian Beckmann - In response to a growing acknowledgement of the failure of international aid, one school of scholars has identified a lack of aid as the defining crisis in development. From their perspective, aid has failed in driving change not due to inherent flaws, but because developed nations have failed to give enough. This school points to the American Marshall Plan in Europe, which provided an enormous fund to the reconstruction and development of Europe's shattered post-war economies, as the crowning achievement of international aid and a historical model for future endeavors. Surprisingly, few works... Thu, 31 May 2012 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1619/american-aid-to-greece-the-marshall-plan-as-a-model-for-development-aid http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1287/cornell-and-the-marshall-plan-1947-1951 By Laurent Ferri - “The U.S. must provide leadership, as it did in the rebuilding of Europe after World War II. Sixty years ago… on June 5, 1947, U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall, speaking at a Harvard Commencement, suggested the need for a massive program of aid and redevelopment for Europe that came to be known as the Marshall Plan. In his speech, General Marshall said: “Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine, but against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos.” And he stressed that the plan for European recovery had to be a joint one, involving the nations of... Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1287/cornell-and-the-marshall-plan-1947-1951