effectiveness of induvidual countries tackling the issue -- uk responses Flashcards
1
Q
The Uk favours British colonies
(explain)
A
- DFID have been accuses of favouring spending on former british colonies
- former commonwealth countries have been benefitted due to their historical connection
2
Q
The Uk favours British colonies
(example)
A
- the uk provided £46 million aid to india in 2022.
3
Q
gender inequality – girls and education
(explain)
A
- FCDO priorties getting girls into education and having them educated on their rights.
- silver bullet
4
Q
gender inequality – girls and education
(example)
A
- girls education challenge support 1 million girls in developing nations to access education.
- furthermore the uk invested £36million to tackling gender inequality in education in Malawi.
5
Q
gender inequality – girls and education
(analysis)
A
- impossible for a country to develop if it does not recognise the potential of half its population.
6
Q
money donated has been wasted.
(explain)
A
- DFID has given money to organisations tackling comples problems that aren’t solved by giving food or building a road.
7
Q
money donated has been wasted.
(example)
A
- the ethiopian spice girls aimed to tackle issues like domestic violence and forced marriges.
8
Q
money donated has been wasted.
(analysis)
A
- £11 could’ve been used more wisely.
9
Q
lack of control over funding.
(explain)
A
- argued that giving aid to large organisations to then give out is a waste of resources as additional people need to be hired to manage the aid “middlemen”
- if money is given directly (biltaterally) then middle costs would be cut out.
10
Q
lack of control over funding.
(example)
A
- 25% of the UKs aid budget is spent by other governments departments than directly going to allocated projects.
11
Q
lack of control over funding.
(analysis)
A
- difficult to ensure aid is reaching the intended audience due to incompeteance and corruption.
12
Q
improved infrastructure
(explain)
A
- world wife governments help create jobs so citezens can recieve a higher income .
13
Q
improved infrastructure
(example)
A
- uk inested £80 million in Ethiopia to create 100k jobs in a new industrial park and in total provided jobs for 1 million refugees.
14
Q
improved infrastructure
(analysis)
A
- creating jobs can help reduce conflict in the country as they can earn money rather than fight for an income.
