Aid U4A2

Question 1

Emergency aid

Answer 1

“The rapid assistance given to people or countries in immediate distress to relieve suffering during and after emergencies such as conflicts and natural disasters eg. floods, tsunamis and earthquakes”
1. Its short term
2. The provision of food, medicine shelter
3. administer personnel
4. should cease once the emergency is over

Question 2

Bilateral aid

Answer 2

“The aid one government provides to the government in another country”
1. Consultation ensures the proposed program meets the donating country’s economy, policies, etc.
2. Small-scaled projects (commonly educational based)
3.Prevention, treatment, counselling and education programs (for HIV/AIDS)

Question 3

Multilateral aid

Answer 3

“Aid provided through an international organization, such as the World Bank, UN or WHO”
1.International organisations combine donations from a number of countries and distributes them to the recipients in low and middle income countries
- Large scale relief
- Funding transitional issues (global warming, control of disease outbreaks)
- Major infrastructure projects (building roads)
- Australia gives money to the WFP

Question 4

NGOs

Answer 4

• NGOs are not funded by the Government, but may work alongside the Government to establish better health outcomes for developing countries
• This aid is often used for specific projects or programs, such as to establish safe water supplies or to establish preventative strategies to reduce HIV/AIDS
• The aid provided by NGOs often focuses on communities

Question 5

Oxfam Australia

Answer 5

improve the lives of vulnerable people in Australia and internationally by mobilising the power of humanity

1. Reducing the impact of disaster
2. Meeting the humanitarian needs in crisis
3. Providing health, water, sanitation & hygiene

Question 6

advantage of emergency aid

Answer 6

→ Helps individuals in immediate need

→Keeps people alive

Question 7

limitation of emergency aid

Answer 7

→ Does not address underlying causes of poverty

→ Only a quick-fix approach

Question 8

limitation of bilateral aid

Answer 8

→ Receives a lot of criticism as the goods donated may be produced by the donating country , thereby favouring the economy of that country

→ Can lead to ethical questions about the true intentions behind bilateral aid being provided ( e.g. one country expecting something in return)

Question 9

advantage of bilateral aid

Answer 9

→ The need of the receiving country are met

→ Countries with the capacities to donate can do so

Question 10

limitation of multilateral aid

Answer 10

• There is very low communication between countries
• Governments and people do not have much control over where the money goes
• organisations are very infrastructure heavy which takes up a lot of the money, they can also be slow to distribute aid

Question 11

advantage of multilateral aid

Answer 11

• More funds from more countries means larger projects can be developed
• It is long-term and addresses issues on a global scale
• doesn’t rely on relationships between countries
• based on reducing poverty and increasing education making it sustainable

Question 12

ownership

Answer 12

The program should be owned by the community and address their needs. If a program is owned by the community, it is likely to be meeting their needs and be implemented in a sociocultural appropriate way.

Question 13

partnership

Answer 13

The program includes partnerships, which help
contribute to sustainability and long-term results.

Question 14

results focused

Answer 14

The program is focused on bringing about improvements in health and wellbeing and human development and is therefore results focused. Education.

Question 15

transparency and accountability

Answer 15

There is a system in place to monitor the progress and publicise results to ensure the resources are being used appropriately. The results of the program have been monitored and reported. TALK ABOUT CHANGE IN CASES. talk about funding

Question 16

priority areas

Answer 16

1. Infrastructure, trade facilitation and international competitiveness
2. education and health
3. Gender equality and empowering women and girls
4. Agriculture, fisheries and water
   5, Building resilience: humanitarian resistance, disaster risk reduction, and social protection
5. effective governance, policies, institutions and functioning economies

Question 17

Infrastructure, trade facilitation and international competitiveness

Answer 17

The building of infrastructure through roads/bridges & highways can facilitate trade => allows a greater number of people to trade and for goods and services to reach communities => improves access to those with difficulties

Question 18

education and health

Answer 18

2. Investments in health education=> people have the skills they need to contribute to the economy.
3. Investments in health => women, men and children can access better health & live healthy & productive lives

Question 19

Gender equality and empowering women and girls

Answer 19

• educating females almost guarantees that future generations will also be educated – as literacy/education are skills that are passed down from mothers to children (sustainability).
• women are given their rights (especially right to an education), they are given the ability to develop to their full potential and reach their goals in accord with their interests.

Question 20

Agriculture, fisheries and water

Answer 20

• Relates to farming and fishing which provides employment for many developing countries
• Focuses: food, nutrition and water security

Question 21

Building resilience: Humanitarian assistance, disaster risk reduction and social protection

Answer 21

to promote resilience (bouncing back after stress or adversity) by providing humanitarian assistance (emergency aid) in times of need to countries affected by natural disaster such as earthquakes

Question 22

effective governance, policies, institutions and functioning economies

Answer 22

Well-functioning governments can work to provide stability and maintain law and order (disputes among citizens are settled peacefully and fairly)

Question 23

social action

Answer 23

-donations
-fundraising
-campaigns
-social media
-petitions

Question 24

key features of aid program

Answer 24

acheives economic gowth and reduces poevrty.