It addresses how aid to Africa increases the cycle of poverty and diseases because the nation becomes more dependent on others and will not work to improve their health problems. Although the Aid for AIDS as of 2003 has increased the amount of people on ARV treatment from three hundred thousand to over three million the rate of transmission is still high and treatment is not the only cure. The paper says if Aids increase, the disease will not go away and western donors will lose interest in a cause that is refusing to stop despite their
Foreign aid is the transfer of goods, capital or services from one country to another directly or indirectly through international organizations such as the World Bank, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and many others. It is meant to offer some benefits or help to the recipient country and it comes in several forms for example; military, emergency humanitarian or economic aid. It is aimed at providing help in terms of crisis or disaster. This is the concept of Foreign Aid, The benefits of Foreign Aid have recently been under severe security. It is argued that a large portion of foreign aid flowing from developed to developing countries is wasted and only increase poor institutional levels.
Shah, Anup. "Foreign Aid for Development Assistance." Global Issues. N.p., 8 Apr. 2012. Web. 12 Jan. 2014.
Some authors, quoted by Lancaster, (2007, p. -Pp 3) based on the premise that states operate in chaotic environment, believe that power, security and survival are the overarching objective of countries that provide development finance, especially development assistance. Alesina and Dollar, (2000, pp. -Pp 33, 34) and Martens, (2002, pp. -Pp 15, 23) among others, believe that development finance is influenced by political, commercial, economic, and strategic considerations. They are actually echoing Morgenthau, and Liska, quoted by Lancaster, (2007, pp. -Pp3, 64) who stated that foreign aid is an instrument of political power. Some authors (Lancaster, 2007, pp. -Pp 3, 64) see foreign aid as being driven by self-interest. There are others, (Lancaster, 2007, pp. -Pp 3) with socialist inclinations who believe that foreign aid is a tool used by some countries to dominate and subjugate the peoples of other countries. Development finance/foreign aid is indeed a tool for foreign policy or diplomacy. Lancaster (2007, pp. -Pp 43–-50) demonstrated that foreign aid is used by different countries for different purposes at different times in the evolution of time. In Chap.ter 3Three we shall see that the motivation for foreign aid/development assistance is not static. I agree with Lancaster, that the motivation is dynamic and is to some extent influenced by the intrinsic value put on the
The first recommendation of which I would like to look at is about donor imposed policy. This recommendation is framework for collaboration that effects all other fields that are achieved and not achieved after creation of The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. The main aim, which is constantly underlined in the declaration, is about that that partner countries and donor countries need to work together to establish mutually agreed frameworks. The donor countries and the partner countries need to work together and reach results that would be satisfying for both sides. The Declaration is created with the aim to not put at the forefront only donor countries, donor countries need to reckon with the partner countries. This relationship between the donor countries and the partner countries is mutual, because, from the partner countries are expected to act just like the donor countries- with the respect of other actions. That is the reason why according to the declaration both sides are agreed to following points, first of...
Hjertholm, Peter., White, Howard. “Survey of Foreign Aid: History, Trends, and Allocation.” University of Copen Hagen. Mar. 2000. 20 Mar. 2010. < http://www.econ.ku.dk/
Shah, Anup. “Foreign Aid for Development Assistance.” Globalissues.org. n.p., 8 April 2012. Web. 1 May 2014.
...sole purpose that aid does not have to be of sole marginal value. A characteristic of the “right” moral judgment consists of limiting suffering and establishing equality. Another objection to aiding poorer nations revolves around the idea that in a case of rich nations turmoil, the poorer nations would not be able to reciprocate the aid. This is false based on the assumption that if the developing nations had the resources and stability to provide aid, they would object.
What is military aid and development assistance? A common misconception is that military aid will fail to serve all the interests of the citizens in the region. However, military aid comes in a variety of forms. Some of these include foreign military financing, counter-terrorism, and peacekeeping operations. Foreign military financing is a process where one country gives another resources in order to build an arsenal. This also builds the economy of the country providing supplies (West 3). Counter-terrorism is the only direct offensive strategy in military aid. This includes things like special forces raids or drone strikes. However, there are indirect ways to perform counter-terrorism, such as sharing intelligence or providing surveillance (4). Peacekeeping operations, or PKOs, provide troops and firepower from the donor country. The resulting missions are meant to protect citizens or prevent conflict, and they tend to be defensive (3). Development assistance can be defined as aid given to strengthen the economic and health care development of a certain country (5). Unfortunately, these policies do not always prove effective.
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