Case study: UK's Aid To India

Question 1

Arguments for giving aid (in 2010 received 421million pound - India is the biggest recepient of British aid)

Answer 1

• saves 17,000 lives a year
• changing to target India’s poorest states (1/3 of the world’s poor is in India), instead of the government
• favorable trade deals
• Influence events
• climate change initiatives (although is not welcomed because people need money for basic amenities not solar panel)

Question 2

Arguments against giving aid

Answer 2

• corruption in India (70million pounds/ 388 million pounds) only 15% reached the poor
• deep spending cuts at home (Britain)
• Indian government think that the UK gave “negative publicity of Indian poverty”
• run in interests of officials
• criticises as an industry “a self-serving lobby of Westerners”
• India is rich (gave 3.5 billion to Africa) and is growing quicker than GB (spent 2 billion on space program)

Question 3

Why is UK still giving aid

Answer 3

• target to give 0.7% of national income to aod
• embarrassing to pull out
• try to have favorable trade deals with Indian (but failed - lost deal of selling jet fighters to France)