8.7 Flashcards
Development Aid
Financial aid give donor country
There are two types:
- Bilateral Aid
- Multilateral Aid
Bilateral Aid
Aid delivered on a one-to-one basis between a donor and a recipient country
Multilateral Aid
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
ODA
Official Development Assistance
Term used by OCED to measure aid
Trade Embargos
Government or international ban that restricts trade with a particular country
Can prohibit all trade, or simply ban trade of certain items
Geopolitical Intervention
Exercise of a country’s power in order to influence course of events outside its borders
4 different areas of geopolitical intervention
Development Aid
Trade Embargos
Military Aid
Military Action
Military Aid
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
Military Action
Used as last resort by gov or IGOs
Types of action:
- direct
- indirect
Direct Military Action
e.g air strikes or troops on the ground
Direct Military Action example
2003
USA and UK among coalition of countries who sent troops and carried out air strikes in Iraq against gov of Saddam Hussein
Indirect Military Action
e.g providing military and political assistance
Indirect Military Action example
2017
British army personnel training Nigerian forces to help them improve country’s security and fight Islamist militant group, Boko Haram
World Bank stance on intervention
Committed to alleviation of poverty
Who is involved in World Bank
213 member countries
World Bank type of intervention
Development Aid
Vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around world
World Trade stance on intervention
Goal help producers of goods and services, exporters and importers conduct business
World Trade type of intervention
Trade embargos
Only global organisation dealing with rules of trade between nations
What type of organisation is World Bank
IGO
What type of organisation is World Trade
IGO
National Sovereignty
Idea that each nation has a right to govern itself without interference from other nations
Responsibility to Protect principle
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
Example of National Sovereignty intervention
Libya
What were the aims of the Libyan innervation
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
