Australias AID & different types of aid

Question 1

emergency aid

Answer 1

the rapid assistance given to people or countries in immediate stress to relieve suffering, during & after human-made emergencies e.g. war, natural disasters

Question 2

bilateral aid

Answer 2

where aid is given by one country directly to another an example of bilateral aid is when australia provides aid to east timor

Question 3

multilateral aid

Answer 3

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

Question 4

purpose of emergency aid

Answer 4

• keep people alive
• meet immediate needs
• save lives, reduce suffering
• reduce further impacts by meeting the needs of those most affected

Question 5

characteristics of emergency aid

Answer 5

• rapid assistance
• provision of basic supplies
• short term provision

Question 6

purpose of bilateral aid

Answer 6

• meet the needs of the country & its people
• build relationships between countries
• promotes H+W, sustainable, economic growth and prosperity

Question 7

characteristics of bilateral aid

Answer 7

• long term assistance
• focused development
• provision of essential infrastructure
• focus on education
• building civil society, providing governance & support

Question 8

purpose of multilateral aid

Answer 8

• large scale programs focuses on global H+W & sustainable development
• can reach & impact the lives of many
• provided to those who need it most

Question 9

characteristics of multilateral aid

Answer 9

• 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

Question 10

Who runs the Aus AID program

Answer 10

DFAT- department of foreign affairs & trade

Question 11

DFAT focus

Answer 11

focuses on woking with neighbouring countries and to respond to emergency relief and humanitarian situations around the world

Question 12

DFAT 2 development outcomes

Answer 12

• supporting private sector development

- strengthening human development

Question 13

Australias AID priority areas

Answer 13

• 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

Question 14

WHO criteria for evaluating effective aid

Answer 14

• 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

Question 15

give 2 reasons why Australia provides aid to developing countries

Answer 15

• 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

Question 16

aim of australis AID/ why do we give aid?

Answer 16

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

Question 17

types of aid partnerships (DFAT)

Answer 17

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

Question 18

the ways Australia contributes to aid

Answer 18

• 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)