Aid to Turkey post Syria earthquake 2023
World Bank and EU financial support.
UN emergency aid: tents, blankets, etc.
China- Nicaragua: how many Covid vaccine doses and how many housing development units?
1 million
100,000
Nicargua political response to China aid
Cut diplomatic tie with Taiwan late 2021
President Ortega has publicly criticised the US and Biden.
China no aid:
Actions to help this?
Special Economic Zones
Attract FDI
Joined WTO in 2001
China: value of trade exports 2025?
$4.3 trillion
How many Chinese lifted out of poverty ?
Over 850 million since the days of Mao
1990s/2000s China GDP growth?
10% a year
(Now around 5% still decent!)
Malaria: The Gates Foundation spending?
$100 million
Malaria: Oxfam, gates Foundation, etc invest in what?
LLINs
Long lasting insecticide treated nets
2019- what % people at risk of Malaria protected by LLINS?
46% (compared to 2% in 2000)
Haiti 2010 earthquake: How much aid received from HICs since 2000?
$17 billion
How much of $17billion pledged post-earthquake?
$10 billion
What disease was spread by UN peacekeepers in Haiti 2010?
Cholera- has killed 15,000 people
Haiti corruption index rating?
164/180
How much of American Red Cross Haiti donations were spent on overheads?
40%
Vanity Project haiti example
USAID spent $72 million on consultants for new port even after initial appraisal saying its not viable.
Haiti: other downsides
Donors poach the best civil servants, none left for the government.
When did disappoints, govt are to blame, not NGOs. Lack of confidence.
Haiti living standards pre covid
40% of residents living on less than $2 a day
Water Aid: How much money raised a year?
£90 million a year,
68% charitable donations
Water aid: how much spent on charitable activities versus raising money/ employing people?
Total spending: £97,000,000
Charitable activities:
£71 million
Raising funds:£25 million
Water aid focus area?
Clean water, sanitation and hygiene
Water aid successes?
Since 1981 Helped 30 million people access clean water
2024-25: 1,700 communities supported
