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Economic Cooperation Administration

United States government
Also known as: ECA

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role in Marshall Plan

  • George C. Marshall
    In Marshall Plan

    Hoffman, the Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA), a specially created bureau, distributed over the next four years some \$13 billion worth of economic aid, helping to restore industrial and agricultural production, establish financial stability, and expand trade. Direct grants accounted for the vast majority of the aid, with…

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  • United States of America
    In United States: The Truman Doctrine and containment

    In 1948 Congress created the Economic Cooperation Administration and over the next five years poured some \$13 billion worth of aid into western Europe. (Assistance was offered to Eastern-bloc countries also, but they were forced by Stalin to decline.) The plan restored economic vitality and confidence to the region, while…

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