The Issues With Aid

Although aid is usually helpful to a country in need, the type of aid can affect a country's recovery. What are the arguments for and against different forms of aid? Human Geography - A Changing World - Learning Points. International aid provision is a source of much debate. Many argue that less economically developed countries should be independent of more economically developed countries. Arguments for aid: it saves lives in the aftermath of disasters and it can force long-term progress, e.g. Afghanistan is provided with conditions to improve female education. Arguments against aid: it can be misused and misdirected and conditional aid is sometimes political and unethical. A Twig Context Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by the curriculum. Twig’s context films show abstract concepts in action in the real world.