Types of Aid

Question 1

What is aid?

Answer 1

Assistance given to countries or communities in the event of a crisis OR for the development of long-term sustainable improvements.

Question 2

What is emergency aid?

Answer 2

Rapid provision of essential resources e.g. food, clean water to people in immediate distress to relieve suffering during and/or after an unforeseen event e.g. civil war, hurricane.

Question 3

What is bilateral aid?

Answer 3

Aid is given by the government of one country directly to the government of another country (often money, but can also be services and personnel)

Question 4

What is multilateral aid?

Answer 4

Aid is provided through an international organisation e.g. United Nations, World Health Organisation, UNICEF, World Bank, GAVI (Vaccine Alliance); it combines donations from a number of countries and then distributes funds to countries in need.

Question 5

What is aid provided by a non-government organisation?

Answer 5

Assistance provided by non-profit organisations that operate separately from governments.
They tend to run specific smaller, COMMUNITY-based projects focusing on addressing POVERTY.
Can also provide emergency aid.