Australias AID & different types of aid Flashcards
emergency aid
the rapid assistance given to people or countries in immediate stress to relieve suffering, during & after human-made emergencies e.g. war, natural disasters
bilateral aid
where aid is given by one country directly to another an example of bilateral aid is when australia provides aid to east timor
multilateral aid
where aid is provided through an international organisation such as world bank. They combine the donations from a number of countries and distributes them to the recipients
purpose of emergency aid
- keep people alive
- meet immediate needs
- save lives, reduce suffering
- reduce further impacts by meeting the needs of those most affected
characteristics of emergency aid
- rapid assistance
- provision of basic supplies
- short term provision
purpose of bilateral aid
- meet the needs of the country & its people
- build relationships between countries
- promotes H+W, sustainable, economic growth and prosperity
characteristics of bilateral aid
- long term assistance
- focused development
- provision of essential infrastructure
- focus on education
- building civil society, providing governance & support
purpose of multilateral aid
- large scale programs focuses on global H+W & sustainable development
- can reach & impact the lives of many
- provided to those who need it most
characteristics of multilateral aid
- provides by an international organisation
- funded by donations from a number of countries
- medical programs such as large scale vaccination to reduce the burden of diseases
- provision of food where most needed by WGP to prevent malnutrition
Who runs the Aus AID program
DFAT- department of foreign affairs & trade
DFAT focus
focuses on woking with neighbouring countries and to respond to emergency relief and humanitarian situations around the world
DFAT 2 development outcomes
- supporting private sector development
- strengthening human development
Australias AID priority areas
- infrastructure, trade facilitation & international competitiveness
- agriculture, fisheries & water
- effective governance policies, institutions and functioning economies
- education & health
- building resilience: humanitarian assistance, disaster risk reduction and social protection
- gender equality and empowering women & girls
WHO criteria for evaluating effective aid
- ownership: developing countries must lead their own development policies and stretches and manage their own development work on the ground
- alignment: must use local institutions and procedures for managing aid in order to build sustainable structures
- harmonisation: to coordinate better at the country level to ease the strain on recipient governments
- managing for results: all parties in the aid relationship must place more focus on the result of aid the tangible difference it makes in poor peoples lives
- mutual accountability: donors and developing countries must account more transparently to each other for the use of aid funds, and to their citizens and parliaments for the impact of their aid
give 2 reasons why Australia provides aid to developing countries
- australia gives aid to promote prosperity, reduce poverty and enhance stability. It aims to be effective in promoting economic growth and reducing poverty and to protect australis broader interests in the info specific region
aim of australis AID/ why do we give aid?
the aim of the aid program is to promote Australias national interests by contributing to sustainable economic growth & poverty reduction
promote Aus national internets-
- reduce risk of conflict in neighbouring countries
- extends our political influence
- to reduce the risk of diseases spreading to AUS
- promotes trading opportunities
- reduces poverty & promote human development
- work towards achieving the SDG goals
types of aid partnerships (DFAT)
DFAT works with a range of partners to effectively manage and distribute aid to the who need it
- private sector partnerships (through working with the private sector, DFAT aims to work together to leverage each others assets and expertise to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes)
- bilateral partnerships (aim is to maximise the impact of aid provided, learn from each other to ensure aid is used effectively & efficiently)
- multilateral organisations (funding MLO allows our aid to go further, multilateral have greater reach , scale and expertise to ensure aid is used effectively & efficiently)
- non-government organisations (funding NGO’s can bring valuable connections to communities and development expertise to AUS’s aid efforts
- other Aus government departments (the aus federal police undertake activities in aid regions aimed at establishing and monitoring peace, stability & security
the ways Australia contributes to aid
- emergency aid (provided in times of disaster and crises, aus is able to respond quickly in times of crisis and provides lifesaving resources such as food)
- bilateral programs (involves working with the government of another country to supply aid, such as training of medical professionals or building bridges and roads)
- funding non-govrenmnet organisations & supporting their aid programs (type of aid is the mots effective in meeting the needs of the most vulnerable populations)
- funding international multilateral aid programs (these include the UN & WHO. funding these extends the impact of Aus’s aid as these large scale programs are not able to be provided effectively by individual countries)
- expect aid (this utilises Aus companies and individual experts to develop projects that will address age Aus government aid priorities)
