chapter 12

Question 1

aid

Answer 1

can be described as assistance given to countries or communities in the event of a crisis or for the development of long-term sustainable improvements.

Question 2

emergency aid

Answer 2

the rapid assistance given to people or countries in immediate distress to relieve suffering during and after emergencies. Short term, quick response

Question 3

emergency aid purpose

Answer 3

• meet immediate need

- save lives/ reduce suffering

Question 4

emergency aid characteristics

Answer 4

• rapid assistance

- provisions of food, water, shelter & medical aid, personal to assist such as drs, volunteers

Question 5

multilateral aid

Answer 5

international organisation WHO, UN or WB combines donations from several countries and then distributes them to countries in need.

Question 6

multilateral aid purpose

Answer 6

large scale programs focused on global HWB and sustainable development
provide for those most in need

Question 7

multilateral aid characteristics

Answer 7

• provided by international organisation
• funded by donations from a number of counties
• medical programs such as large scale vaccination programs to reduce burden of disease

Question 8

bilateral aid

Answer 8

Aid provided by the government of one country to the governments of another country

Question 9

bilateral aid purpose

Answer 9

• meet the needs of the country and its people

- builds relationships between countries

Question 10

bilateral aid characteristics

Answer 10

• long term assistance
• provision of essential infrastructure such as roads and water supply
• focus on education and building schools

Question 11

emergency aid

advantages and limitations

Answer 11

advantages
- Helps relieve suffering during and after emergencies
- Seeks to keep people alive
- Helps improve short-term health and wellbeing
limitations
- It is short-term and does not seek to eliminate poverty.
- It can lead to dependency upon aid if maintained for too long.

Question 12

bilateral aid

advantages and limitations

Answer 12

advantages
- Helps reduce poverty and brings about long-term sustainable development.
- Through consultation, meets the needs of the country and its people
limitations
- aid funds may not be spent on their intended purpose.
- Sometimes bilateral aid projects are focused on urban areas and neglect the poorest and remote people.

Question 13

multilateral aid If the

advantages and limitations

Answer 13

advantages
- Is less tied to the political interests of individual donor countries
- Allows for the efficient pooling of resources to address global issues that require a global approach
limitations
- funds provided to multilateral agencies must be spent by the agency itself for administrative purposes.

Question 14

priorities for the Australian Government aid program

Answer 14

• Building resilience: humanitarian assistance, disaster rick reduction and social protection
• education and health
• gender equality and empowering women and girls ‘
• effective governance: policies, institutions and functioning economies
• agriculture, fisheries and water
• infrastructure, trade facilitation and international competitiveness

Question 15

Building resilience: humanitarian assistance, disaster rick reduction and social protection

Answer 15

reduce disaster risk and promote readiness. Strengthen social protection to provide support systems

Question 16

education and health

Answer 16

investments in better quality education leading productive lives
Australias assistance focussed on maternal and child health in East Africa. particularly mid winery training and newborn care.

Question 17

gender equality and empowering women and girls ‘

Answer 17

Empowering women and girls can lead to greater levels of education and healthier families. educated women have fewer and healthier children that go to school

Question 18

effective governance: policies, institutions and functioning economies

Answer 18

investments that promote effective functioning of the public sector. strengthening transparent and accountable law and justice systems. building fairer and broader tax systems

Question 19

agriculture, fisheries and water

Answer 19

Effective and sustainable farming and fishing practices are critical for the sustainability of our environment; already, over-fishing is threatening our fish supplies and the sustainability of the fishing industry.

Question 20

infrastructure, trade facilitation and international competitiveness

Answer 20

facilitates trade because it enables people to transport their goods quickly and efficiently
helps families to access healthcare when needed

Question 21

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Answer 21

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Question 22

NGOs

Answer 22

provide aid that are not affiliated with the government
- community development and poverty reduction
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Question 23

strengths of NGOs

Answer 23

• focus on implementing programs in communities that may be too small for multilateral organisations to address
• reach those not reached by other types of aid eg remote communities
• establish connections in local communities

Question 24

world vision description

Answer 24

World Vision is a Christian development organisation that find solutions to problems such as malnutrition, lack of safe drinking water, disease, illiteracy and unemployment or low incomes.

Question 25

how world vision promotes health and wellbeing and HD

Answer 25

provides water sources which illuminates risk of water borne diseases leaving
tackles unemployment in local communities employing those in the community to provide/set up the water source lowering levels of stress and/or negative thought patterns
WV provide supplementary feeding for children contributing to positive HWB healthy/adequate body weight
agricultural support by providing seeds based on needs