Aid
Subjects / Geography / Development
We live in a world of inequality, where some people have a far better standard of living and quality of life than others. In order to redress this imbalance people in the developed world give aid to those in the developing world, with the aim of improving the quality of life of those in need. Aid can be a controversial issue. There is much debate over whether aid reaches those who need it most and whether it is actually effective. Considering that there is some evidence to suggest that the development gap is actually widening, can aid actually make a difference? Aid can be given in many different forms and some types of aid are more effective at relieving poverty than others. This title outlines the benefits and drawbacks of each type of aid and gives useful case study examples.
| Author: | Victoria Hull | Publisher: | GCSEPod® |
| Narrator: | Stuart Blackburn | ISBN: | 978-1-84906-257-2 |
| Video ISBN: | 978-1-84906-757-7 |
Chapters
- What is Aid?
- Types of Aid
- The Aid/Debt Relationship
- Short-term Emergency Aid
- Long-term Aid
- The Elephant Pump: Sustainable Development and Appropriate Technology
- What is the Alternative?
Exam Board Relevance
- Edxcel
- AQA
- CEA
- IGCSE (EdExcel)
- OCR
- SQA
- WJEC
- IGCSE (CiE)
Includes original GCSEPod image art. Additional pictorial images created by Damon Smith
Curriculum and Exam Board Information
Key Issues
Titles
Chapters
- A local survey of the various aid campaigns through newspaper adverts, local activities related to MEDC helping LEDC
- At the national/international scale a study of alternative ways of providing aid to reduce the inequitable global system e.g. Fairtrade goods
- At the national/international scale a study of the changing nature of aid comparing large-scale capitalintensive schemes with small-scale alternative technologies to aid development
- bi-lateral aid
- bilateral and multilateral aid
- debt relief
- In both the developing and the developed world, self-help and outside aid are required to meet a wide variety of needs
- NGO's, Department for International Development (DFID).
- official aid
- positive and negative outcomes of aid
- Schemes can be long-term, (eg agricultural and multipurpose development projects, development of trade and industry)
- Schemes can be short-term (eg disaster relief)
- Self-help and aid can take different forms and can create different impacts
- short-term and long-term aid
- study the role of non government agencies (NGO's) eg War on Want
- study the role of the European community in relation to aid support
- The role of international aid donors in encouraging sustainable development
- the role of non government agencies (NGO's) eg Cafod
- The scale of international aid compared to the needs of less economically developed countries
- tied aid
- types of aid
- Understand the different opinions involved and the conflicts between the different interest groups.
- understand the interest of LEDCs in aided self help
- understand the significance and effects of differing values and attitudes towards aid
- voluntary aid
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