Development in Africa Flashcards
What is the difference in a Developed country and a developing country?
Developed countries are financially and economically okay, whilst developing. countries rely on aid and help
Where are the majority of developing countries?
In the continent of central and South America, Africa and Asia
Features of developed countries
High Income High levels of Education Long Life expectancy Low levels of child mortality good healthcare systems
Features of developing countries
Low Income low levels of education Low life expectancy higher levels of child mortality not so good healthcare systems
What is aid?
Aid is any type of support that aims to secure development
Different forms of aid and what they are
Development Aid- aims to help people help themselves
Emergency Aid- aid given in response to a crisis such as drought or time of war
Voluntary Aid- volunteers with skills or experience as doctors, teachers, give up their time to work abroad in countries that require support
The ways aid is given
Bilateral aid ( between two countries)
Multilateral Aid (involving more than two)
Voluntary service (charitable)
Examples of the ways in which aid are given
Bilateral aid- The UK provides bed-nets to prevent the spread of malaria in tanzania
Multilateral Aid - In 2011/2012, the U.K. government gave £3.2 billion to multilateral aid programmes
Voluntary Service- Oxfam, Red Cross, Save the children
DfID
Department for International Development
DfID has help lift 3 million people out of poverty in the last year. how?
through health, education, food and sanitation programmes.
Tied Aid
Foreign aid that must be spent in the country providing the aid
Problems of Tied aid
reduces the value of the aid to the receiving country- reason that the UK parliament passed the International Development Act (2002) making it illegal for us to tie aid
Why do countries tie aid
boosts business and employment in the donor country
be used as a way of improving trade links or obtaining goods cheaper
influence the government of the receiving country
Problems of tied aid for receiving country
Aid isn’t what they need most
doesn’t go to the people in the retest poverty
most money is spent in donor country and retained there
example if tied aid
US food aid programme wastes $500m annually by buying grain at overly high prices in the US and then expensively shipping in US cargo companies to developing countries.
