Aid U4A2 Flashcards
Emergency aid
“The rapid assistance given to people or countries in immediate distress to relieve suffering during and after emergencies such as conflicts and natural disasters eg. floods, tsunamis and earthquakes”
1. Its short term
2. The provision of food, medicine shelter
3. administer personnel
4. should cease once the emergency is over
Bilateral aid
“The aid one government provides to the government in another country”
1. Consultation ensures the proposed program meets the donating country’s economy, policies, etc.
2. Small-scaled projects (commonly educational based)
3.Prevention, treatment, counselling and education programs (for HIV/AIDS)
Multilateral aid
“Aid provided through an international organization, such as the World Bank, UN or WHO”
1.International organisations combine donations from a number of countries and distributes them to the recipients in low and middle income countries
- Large scale relief
- Funding transitional issues (global warming, control of disease outbreaks)
- Major infrastructure projects (building roads)
- Australia gives money to the WFP
NGOs
- NGOs are not funded by the Government, but may work alongside the Government to establish better health outcomes for developing countries
- This aid is often used for specific projects or programs, such as to establish safe water supplies or to establish preventative strategies to reduce HIV/AIDS
- The aid provided by NGOs often focuses on communities
Oxfam Australia
improve the lives of vulnerable people in Australia and internationally by mobilising the power of humanity
- Reducing the impact of disaster
- Meeting the humanitarian needs in crisis
- Providing health, water, sanitation & hygiene
advantage of emergency aid
→ Helps individuals in immediate need
→Keeps people alive
limitation of emergency aid
→ Does not address underlying causes of poverty
→ Only a quick-fix approach
limitation of bilateral aid
→ Receives a lot of criticism as the goods donated may be produced by the donating country , thereby favouring the economy of that country
→ Can lead to ethical questions about the true intentions behind bilateral aid being provided ( e.g. one country expecting something in return)
advantage of bilateral aid
→ The need of the receiving country are met
→ Countries with the capacities to donate can do so
limitation of multilateral aid
- There is very low communication between countries
- Governments and people do not have much control over where the money goes
- organisations are very infrastructure heavy which takes up a lot of the money, they can also be slow to distribute aid
advantage of multilateral aid
- More funds from more countries means larger projects can be developed
- It is long-term and addresses issues on a global scale
- doesn’t rely on relationships between countries
- based on reducing poverty and increasing education making it sustainable
ownership
The program should be owned by the community and address their needs. If a program is owned by the community, it is likely to be meeting their needs and be implemented in a sociocultural appropriate way.
partnership
The program includes partnerships, which help
contribute to sustainability and long-term results.
results focused
The program is focused on bringing about improvements in health and wellbeing and human development and is therefore results focused. Education.
transparency and accountability
There is a system in place to monitor the progress and publicise results to ensure the resources are being used appropriately. The results of the program have been monitored and reported. TALK ABOUT CHANGE IN CASES. talk about funding
