Underdevelopment Gov Responses Essay

Question 1

Intro

Answer 1

The Department for International Development is the UK governments response to tackle global underdevelopment. It will be argued the UK’s government response had made some progress in resolving the issue. There has been some limitations & ultimately it has not been completely successful

Question 2

Poor Education - Point

Answer 2

UK aid through DFID has been effective in tackling underdevelopment by addressing poor education & gender inequality

Question 3

Poor Education - Explain

Answer 3

A country is unable to develop if it doesn’t realise the potential of half its population

DFID has made it a priority to reach as many girls as possible to get them into school

Question 4

Poor Education - Example

Answer 4

DFIDs flagship programme is the Girls Education Challenge which currently supports 1 million girls to benefit from a good quality education who would otherwise have been left behind

Question 5

Poor Education - Analysis

Answer 5

The programme has been effective as those countries benefit from a more educated workforce

Question 6

Poor Education - Rebuttal Point

Answer 6

Following the merger of DFID into another government the UK gov is pulling back on its support for Family Planning initiatives

Question 7

Poor Education - Rebuttal Explain

Answer 7

UK one of biggest supporters of efforts by developing countries to support family planning in a safe way promoting the health of mothers with provision of advice & contraception

Question 8

Poor Education - Rebuttal Example

Answer 8

UK gov reduced support for family planning by the UN by 85% in 2021

Question 9

Poor Education - Conclusion

Answer 9

Success of UK to help tackle gender inequality risks being reversed while hundreds of women & children may needlessly die

Question 10

Infrastructure - Point

Answer 10

UK aid through DFID effective tackling underdevelopment through improving infrastructure

Question 11

Infrastructure - Explain

Answer 11

One economic factor holding back a country’s development is lacking quality infrastructure

DFID often works with governments to help build infrastructure to support jobs which increases tax receipts

Question 12

Infrastructure - Example

Answer 12

Between 2017-24, UK spending £80 million through DFID in Ethiopia to help create over 100,000 jobs in a new industrial park

Question 13

Infrastructure - Rebuttal Point

Answer 13

Following merger of DFID into another government department, UK pulling support to help provide clean water

Question 14

Infrastructure - Rebuttal Explain

Answer 14

Clean water essential in preventing disease

Cuts by UK on clean water initiatives could do damage to development efforts

Question 15

Infrastructure - Rebuttal Example

Answer 15

Announced in 2021, UK aid supporting clean water cut by around 80%

Question 16

Infrastructure - Conclusion

Answer 16

As girls are often required to collect water they will suffer the most as UK reduced infrastructure support

Question 17

Healthier World - Point

Answer 17

Efforts by UK through DFID tackling underdevelopment working towards healthier world

Question 18

Healthier World - Explain

Answer 18

Countries development often held back through large numbers of workers being ill with preventable diseases

DFID does a lot of global work to help tackle these diseases by providing treatments so the populations of developing countries are healthy

Question 19

Healthier World - Example

Answer 19

Between 2016-20 DFID funded international organisations such as GAVI to help 76 million children become immunised

Question 20

Healthier World - Rebuttal Point

Answer 20

UK may hamper efforts at tackling disease because of 2021 cuts

Question 21

Healthier World - Rebuttal Explain

Answer 21

Polio one disease close to global eradication but with UK pulling funding for for Polio vaccine initiatives, millions of children now at greater risk of dying in countries like Afghanistan

Question 22

Healthier World - Rebuttal Example

Answer 22

Announced in 2021, the UK will drop funding of Polio vaccine from £110 million to just £5 million

Question 23

Healthier World - Conclusion

Answer 23

Reduction in help towards diseases will see thousands needlessly die

Question 24

Overall Conclusion

Answer 24

UK been effective in addressing some major development issues through creation of DFID

Key to tackling poor education, a lack of infrastructure & disease

Recent cuts may do harm especially to gender equality as cuts in family planning support may result in death of thousands of women & girls