3.5- Aid and Influence

Question 1

Name 6 types of aid

Answer 1

Humanitarian
Development
Voluntary 
Bilateral
Multilateral
Project

Question 2

Define Development aid

Answer 2

aims to address poverty in the longer term

Question 3

Define Voluntary aid

Answer 3

tends to come from NGOs that raise money in developed countries for use on small scale projects

Question 4

Define Bilateral aid

Answer 4

aid from the government of one country, directly to another country

Question 5

Define Multilateral aid

Answer 5

from alliances of several countries or organisations to another

Question 6

Define Humanitarian aid

Answer 6

aims to alleviate suffering in the short term e.g. in response to disasters like earthquakes/droughts

Question 7

Define Project aid

Answer 7

tied to large scale schemes such as construction of major dams

Question 8

What is official development assistance (ODA)?

Answer 8

when the OECDs are committed to providing a certain level of development assistance to developing countries.

Question 9

What is ODA given to support?

Answer 9

Political, social and economic development of developing countries