Role of Development Aid

Concept of development aid and development co-operation

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/development/aid_rev1.shtml

http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/geography/development/revise-it/aid

Development cooperation is not Aid. “Aid is what you give to people when they are sick or dying” – Brian Atwood

Development cooperation is not Aid. “Aid is what you give to people when they are sick or dying” – Brian Atwood – 2/4 from Ideas 4 Development on Vimeo.

Types of development aid:

Technical Aid

Economic assistance takes the form of providing finance or capital. Technical aid on the other hand consists in providing exper­tise and training to bridge technological gaps in certain sectors of an economy.

http://www.preservearticles.com/201107058861/essay-on-the-impact-of-technical-aid-on-development.html

Conditional Aid

Conditional aid policy is self-enforcing if, at any point in time, the conditions imposed on aid funds are supportable by the threat of a permanent aid cutoff from then onward.

http://blogs.worldbank.org/youthink/can-recipient-countries-really-say-no-conditional-aid

Humanitarian Aid

Humanitarian aid is material or logistical assistance provided for humanitarian purposes, typically in response to humanitarian crises including natural disaster and man-made disaster.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanitarian_aid

Impact of aid on development (including case studies of development aid – positive and negative).

Should we give Aid?

Counting the Cost- The Cost of Aid
We ask why aid, instead of liberating people from despair, is leading to less growth, more poverty and spiraling debt.

The Price of Aid

Drug firms cut prices to aid developing nations