Australia's Aid Flashcards
What are the types of aid?
- Bilateral aid
- Multilateral aid
- Emergency/ humanitarian aid
- Non-government organisations
Bilateral aid
What is it?
- One government providing aid to the government of another country
- Long-term aid
- Works to reduce poverty and promote sustainable development
Bilateral aid
Example?
Australian government giving aid to the Indonesian government to reduce the affects of conflict or disaster.
Multilateral aid
What is it?
- Governments providing aid through international organisations (UN, World Food Programme, World Bank)
- Long-term aid
- Promoting human development for those in need and helps achieve the SDG’s
Multilateral aid
Example?
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Australian government supports the World Food Programme to fight hunger in countries in need.
Emergency aid
What is it?
- Immediate aid provided to countries following unexpected disasters (natural disasters, large-scale human conflict)
- Short-term aid
- Promote human development, keeping people alive by providing essential resources and achieve SDG’s
Emergency aid
Example?
Australian government providing medical supplies and food to prevent malnutrition or disease.
NGO aid
What is it?
- Non-profit organisation (World Vision, Red cross)
- Long-term aid
- Promote health status, human development and achieve SDG’s
NGO aid
Example?
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World Vision provides education on how to deal with natural disasters and how to rebuild what was lost during them.
Definition of DFAT
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
Acts to promote human development by providing aid to promote national interests by contributing to sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction.
DFAT priority: Infrastructure…
Infrastructure, trade facilitation and international competitiveness.
Aim is to improve infrastructure including:
- Reliable energy supply
- Better roads and transport
- Clean water
- Accessible healthcare
Examples: t
The Australian government helped build brides in Vietnam to improve transport of goods (Vietnamese government).
Also provided micro finance loans for people to start their own businesses (private sector).
DFAT priority: Education…
Education and Health
Benefits of education:
- Gain skills
Girls are more likely to marry later in life and have less children
- Educated women and more likely to send their children to school
Benefits of Health:
- Promotes human development and health and wellbeing. If people are healthier, they are more likely to go to school, work and earn an income.
Examples:
Education - Australian government provides scholarships to improve qualifications and career potential.
Health - Australian government strengthens public health systems by training local health workers and funding medicines and vaccines for diseases.
DFAT priority: Gender…
Gender equality and empowering women and girls.
Focus:
- Enhancing opportunities for women in leadership
- Promoting economic empowerment of women
- Ending violence against women and girls
Examples:
Australian government supported a campaign to end violence against women in East Timor.
Australian government established a program to help political, social and economic opportunities for women in the Pacific Islands through:
- Literacy training
- Crisis support
DFAT priority: Agriculture…
Agriculture, fisheries and water.
Focus is to provide:
- Employment
- Income
- Effective management
Examples:
Australian government strengthened markets by helping small farmers and fishers to participate in markets.
Australian government developed and provided support for Pacific regional fisheries
DFAT priority: Building resilience…
Building resilience: Humanitarian assistance, disaster risk reduction and social protection.
Focuses on:
- Emergency aid in a time or crisis
- Reducing the risk associated with a disaster
- Social protection measures
Examples:
Australian government has stocked four warehouses with food which fed 2.5 million people, 2 million being women and children.
Australian government funded a social security policy in Bangladesh.
