Number: RL30932 Title: Microenterprise and U.S. Foreign Assistance Authors: Curt Tarnoff, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division Abstract: This report looks at the features that characterize microenterprises and at the U.S. foreign assistance programs that support microenterprise development. It examines three issues of potential congressional concern: funding of microenterprise programs, conflicting policy priorities, and the challenges now faced by program implementers. Pages: 17 Date: Updated April 12, 2001