8.8 Flashcards
Types of development aid
Donations from public through charities
Loans from IGO NGO
Problem with malaria
Remains world’s number one killer
Up to 2 million people still die each year from malaria and its complications
Three ways of fighting against malaria
Draining swampy areas where Anopheles mosquito breed, or spraying those areas with DDT or similar chemicals
Encouraging at risk take preventive medicine (reduced risks of contracting)
Distributing mosquito nets for people to sleep under; people most likely bitten when asleep
Any success in gender equality
44% global decline in maternal death since 1990
More girls receiving education
BUT
Developing countries opposite
UN Decade for Women
1975
Highlights issue of gender equality
How much money targeted to programmes supporting women
2014, over US$30 million of aid money
Problem with aid
Aid dependency
Three problems of Aid dependency
Can leave recipient country at risk if aid suddenly stopped or reduces
Aid goods can flood local market, reduce incentive of local farmers to produce enough food and food price devalued
Rely of aid money and rely less of self development
Example of aid dependency
Mozambique
67% 1992
12% 2014
How have TNCs and Superpowers impacted environment
Oil in Niger Delta and Land Grabs in Kenya