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| The weak link between International Aid and International Development |
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Conclusions
Aid motives are unlikely to change. While there may be increasing moral and humanitarian rhetoric, political and economic interests will continue to motivate donors to give aid to specific countries. Motives are very closely tied to the size and distribution of aid, which will continue to receive a significant amount of attention from civil society. In the coming years, it will be interesting to see what impact Japanese aid and Chinese investment will have on the developing Pacific Island states, who get very little attention from the rest of the world.
The reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan will have significant impacts on the already tight aid budgets of donors. It seems likely aid to these two countries will increase again between 2005 and 2006. Development assistance has been shown to be ineffective and inefficient, with a very tenuous link between international aid and international development. In an attempt to fix this, institutions like the World Bank are now focusing aid on countries with better governance. However countries with better institutions and policies may not need the aid as much as countries that lack these good policies and institutions. In countries where the incentives to use the aid correctly do not exist, the need does; while in countries where the incentives do exist, the need may be less. This is the link between international aid and international development and the heart of the problem is balancing need and deprivation with aid efficiency.
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Article Isabella | Feb 3rd, 2011
Concise, to the point and well informed.
You raise some very good arguments backed by stats.
The article is great
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