8.7

Question 1

Development Aid

Answer 1

Financial aid give donor country

There are two types:

• Bilateral Aid
• Multilateral Aid

Question 2

Bilateral Aid

Answer 2

Aid delivered on a one-to-one basis between a donor and a recipient country

Question 3

Multilateral Aid

Answer 3

Aid given by donor countries to international aid organisations such as the World Bank or Oxfam.

These groups distribute aid to what they deem to be deserving causes

Question 4

ODA

Answer 4

Official Development Assistance

Term used by OCED to measure aid

Question 5

Trade Embargos

Answer 5

Government or international ban that restricts trade with a particular country

Can prohibit all trade, or simply ban trade of certain items

Question 6

Geopolitical Intervention

Answer 6

Exercise of a country’s power in order to influence course of events outside its borders

Question 7

4 different areas of geopolitical intervention

Answer 7

Development Aid

Trade Embargos

Military Aid

Military Action

Question 8

Military Aid

Answer 8

Consists of money, weapons, equipment or expertise given to a developing country to help them:

• protect their borders
• fight terrorism
• combat piracy or drugs
• people trafficking

Question 9

Military Action

Answer 9

Used as last resort by gov or IGOs

Types of action:

• direct
• indirect

Question 10

Direct Military Action

Answer 10

e.g air strikes or troops on the ground

Question 11

Direct Military Action example

Answer 11

2003
USA and UK among coalition of countries who sent troops and carried out air strikes in Iraq against gov of Saddam Hussein

Question 12

Indirect Military Action

Answer 12

e.g providing military and political assistance

Question 13

Indirect Military Action example

Answer 13

2017
British army personnel training Nigerian forces to help them improve country’s security and fight Islamist militant group, Boko Haram

Question 14

World Bank stance on intervention

Answer 14

Committed to alleviation of poverty

Question 15

Who is involved in World Bank

Answer 15

213 member countries

Question 16

World Bank type of intervention

Answer 16

Development Aid

Vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around world

Question 17

World Trade stance on intervention

Answer 17

Goal help producers of goods and services, exporters and importers conduct business

Question 18

World Trade type of intervention

Answer 18

Trade embargos

Only global organisation dealing with rules of trade between nations

Question 19

What type of organisation is World Bank

Answer 19

IGO

Question 20

What type of organisation is World Trade

Answer 20

IGO

Question 21

National Sovereignty

Answer 21

Idea that each nation has a right to govern itself without interference from other nations

Question 22

Responsibility to Protect principle

Answer 22

Since 2005, instances of gov abusing rights of their people genocide, torture and imprisonment have given increasing weight to ‘Responsibility to Protect’ principle

Making it clear sovereignty of country has limits

Question 23

Example of National Sovereignty intervention

Answer 23

Libya

Question 24

What were the aims of the Libyan innervation

Answer 24

Make sure there was an arms embargo enforced on Gaddafi

People being attacked by gov forces were protected

Provide space and time for Libyans to decide their own fate