AID – a comparison of charitable and bilateral long term aid

Greetings Year 11. Today we talked about aid. Click here for a great sheet that summarizes the different types of aid.

Here are two contrasting examples of aid projects in Tanzania. The first example highlights some of the issues of political or bi-lateral aid. Read The Scattering of the Dead by George Monbiot. It’s quite an old example, but shows how aid can be mis-used.

This example of Water Aid describes the work that Oxfam are currently doing in Tanzania, where 70% of the rural population do not have access to clean water.

You need to be able to describe the advantages and disadvantages of different types of aid. The two examples make good case studies.