Internantional aid

Question 1

What is aid?

Answer 1

assistance given from one country to another including money, equipment, training and loans

Question 2

What are the types of aid?

Answer 2

Long term aid
short term aid
government aid
charity aid (non governmental)
bilateral aid (tied aid)
multilateral aid
debt abolition

Question 3

Long term aid

Answer 3

tries to solve a problem so it will never happen again eg construction of hospitals to reduce mortality rates or dam constructions for regular water supply

Question 4

Short term aid

Answer 4

tries to solve an immediate problem eg shortages of home following an earthquake (sometimes called emerging aid or crisis aid)

Question 5

Government aid

Answer 5

money pledged by a country and raised from its tax system

Question 6

Charity aid (non governmental)

Answer 6

Funded by voluntary contributions from the public eg shelter, oxfam and comic relief

Question 7

Bilateral aid (tied aid)

Answer 7

the country receiving the aid must spend the money on goods and services from the country providing it

Question 8

Multilateral aid

Answer 8

aid package put together by a group of countries perhaps to respond to a natural disaster

Question 9

Debt abolition

Answer 9

when a richer country cancels the debt owed to them by poorer countries