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South Korea and Taiwan’s institutional capacity helped U.S. aid to be used well after 1945, while South Vietnam’s French colonial legacy hindered development

"Between 1946 and 1975 obligations for economic and military aid to South Korea and Taiwan were $69 billion and just under $42 billion respectively. To put this into perspective, the whole of Latin America and the Caribbean received nearly $69 billion during the same period."

South Korea and Taiwan’s institutional capacity helped U.S. aid to be used well after 1945, while South Vietnam’s French colonial legacy hindered development