Section 1: Individual Countries Effectiveness

Question 1

What country’s government?

Answer 1

The UK

Question 2

What charities and organisations are looked at

Answer 2

UK aid and British Red Cross

Question 3

What is the final conclusion

Answer 3

while they have been successful in the past, financial problems mean in 2023 the UK is not effective with tackling poverty.

Question 4

What was Send a Cow organised by

Answer 4

UK Gov

Question 5

Send a cow explain

Answer 5

This scheme helps to upscale many small-scale farmers, most of whom are women.

Question 6

Send a cow example

Answer 6

For example, many farmers are disabled or HIV positive, and the initiative helps them to escape poverty by providing the skills to grow enough to eat and sell.

Question 7

What was send a cow funded by

Answer 7

Uk gov meeting the 0.7% GNI target

Question 8

When did the UK stop meeting the 0.7% GNI target

Answer 8

2020

Question 9

Send a cow after UK stops meeting 0.7% GNI target EXPLAIN

Answer 9

This means that schemes such as ‘Send a Cow’ might have funding cut or stopped completely.

Question 10

Send a cow after UK stops meeting 0.7% GNI target EXAMPLE

Answer 10

For example, the government are using their foreign aid budget to pay for housing refugees from Ukraine.

Question 11

Send a cow after UK stops meeting 0.7% GNI target ANALYSIS

Answer 11

the government are using some of it for arguably domestic issues.

Question 12

DFID example

Answer 12

DFID was part of the UK government that was responsible for Britain’s aid to developing countries.

Question 13

DFID example

Answer 13

For example, in Zimbabwe, better access to water and sanitation was provided by DFID, plus food and essential healthcare to 1,500,000 people.

Question 14

DFID removal explain

Answer 14

Many people argued that due to DFID being scrapped the UK government is no longer required to provide a certain level of support to developing countries.

Question 15

DFID removal example

Answer 15

For example, since DFIDs removal, the UK government has cut the foreign aid budget by a staggering 0.2%.

Question 16

NGO explain

Answer 16

NGOs, non-governmental organisations, are charities that rely heavily on funding from the UK government and public.

Question 17

NGO example

Answer 17

For example, the British Red Cross reaches 5000 people in 2 districts in Zimbabwe where drought makes it hard to grow enough food.

Question 18

NGO limitations explain

Answer 18

The effectiveness of NGOs is limited due to a lack of finance. This means that NGOs are restricted by their funding.

Question 19

NGO limitations example

Answer 19

For example, in 2018 the British Red Cross spent over £80 million on overseas aid. Whilst this is, in many ways, a huge amount of money, when compared to the overseas aid spent by the UK government, it shows that they will not be able to achieve as much.

Question 20

Final conclusion

Answer 20

This highlights that the UK is not effective at tackling poverty.