International Aid

Question 1

Definition of aid

Answer 1

Aid is the giving of resources (money, expertise, goods) by one country/organisation to another

Question 2

Benefits of aid

Answer 2

Money to LEDCs can go towards health, education, improve the quality of life, in time of disaster - save lives

Question 3

Downsides of aid

Answer 3

If one country given lots of money it can become dependent on that money alone

Question 4

Short term aid

Answer 4

Given in emergency

Question 5

Long term aid

Answer 5

Given to a country to develop, this may be through health or education programmes

Question 6

Bilateral aid

Answer 6

One country gives aid directly to another

Question 7

Multilateral aid

Answer 7

Lots of governments give money to wold organisations, eg: the UN give it to countries in need

Question 8

Tied aid

Answer 8

When the country giving money tells the country they’re giving it to how to spend it

Question 9

Voluntary aid

Answer 9

When charities receive money from the public and use it to organise aid programmes, eg: comic relief