International aid

Question 1

What is international aid?

Answer 1

Sometimes, an LEDC may not have the money or resources to respond to a natural disaster. It is therefore up to other countries to help them.

Question 2

What are the different types of aid?

Answer 2

1. Unilateral aid- Money or resources given by a country to another without an expected return.
2. Bilateral aid- Money or resources given by one country to another with an expectation that it will be repaid with interest.
3. Multilateral aid- Many countries give money to international organisations like the UN to decide how to distribute it.
4. Non- governmental aid- Aid given by non- governmental organisations such as Red Cross and Oxfam.

Question 3

Who gives aid?

Answer 3

1. Governments and political organisations.

2. Charities and NGOs (Non- governmental organisations).

Question 4

What is the difference between emergency aid and developmental aid?

Answer 4

Emergency aid is short term aid in the form of money and supplies given to a country to combat the immediate problems of a natural disaster such as hunger and shelter.
Developmental aid is long term aid given in the form of projects to help improve people’s quality of life in LEDCs or to

Question 5

What happened in Mali & Niger in 2004 which meant that they needed international aid?

Answer 5

In 2004, subsistence farmers in Mali & Niger were hit by 2 problems:
1. Severe drought.
2. Plague of locusts.
This meant that 3.3 million people were at risk of starvation.

Question 6

Example of emergency aid in Mali & Niger

Answer 6

In 2005, the UK gave the World Food Programme £3 million to help the people in Mali & Niger. £1 million was enough to feed 200,000 people.

Question 7

Example of developmental aid in Mali & Niger

Answer 7

UNICEF:
1. Built 245 cereal banks so that people can cope with bad harvests without international aid.
2. Set up 300 women’s groups to educate mothers on the importance of a balanced diet and also to help their children from malnutrition.
Oxfam:
1. Supported nomadic tribes to send their children to primary schools.
2. The project supports 48 primary schools in the region.
3. The project especially encouraged girls to go to school and with great success. In 2004, 45% of pupils in the primary schools were girls.

Question 8

What are the Millennium development goals?

Answer 8

In 2000, the UN set out a list of development goals they wanted the whole world to achieve by 2015. Nearly all long term development projects are based on helping to achieve these goals. They are:
1. Eradicate extreme hunger and poverty.
2. Achieve universal primary education.
3. Promote gender equality and empower women.
4. Reduce child mortality.
5. Improve maternal health.
6. Combat HIV/ AIDS, malaria and other diseases.
7. Ensure environmental sustainability.
8. Global partnership for development.
Experts worry that at the current rate of global development, these goals will not be reached by the 2015 deadline.