Why is aid to other countries ineffective?

Fanatical_Knight SG

I need points, pls help!

oldbreadstinks SG

its like ur mom giving you money and telling you to spend it wisely to buy school books and stuff but once you go out of the door your money turns into shiny dragon ball cards Laughing

nismoS132 SG

corruption.

retailing is a good example in reverse.

the Bear SG

well, in an african country, the people are desperately poor and the king wants to build a palace for each of his many MANY wives...

in another, the dictator didn't even bother and just transferred the aid money into his coffers..

in N Korea, the food aid went to the military while the peasants starved..

Arafat has no visible means of support, but he's said to be worth more than US$3 billion...

aid is always "straight from the heart" without much brainwork... instead of feeding them, fix the underlying problems.. that's usually not done at all...

that's why aid almost always causes the situation to deteriorate even quicker

<sk> SG

Fanatical_Knight are you writing an essay on this topic?
If you are let me know more about what you want to write, be more specific.

Example:
- Focus which country
- What type of aid? There are many kinds of aid available to countries. Such as Monetary aid in which there are several world organizations out there like the IMF or there's medical aid in which countries like singapore usually send our medical staff and doctors to third world countries...

Thus, back to your essay topic, once you be more specific, you get your thesis topic.

So what type of aid are you talking about? Be specific!
Some aids are effective, some are'nt...

Post your answer and I will get back to you soon.