Voluntary

Cards (3)

  • What is voluntary aid
    money that is raised from donations and charities such as Oxfam, usually to fund bottom-up projects
  • How does it attempt to reduce uneven development?
    This aid funds top-down projects, most commonly from the World Bank and the United Nations. These international organisations control the spending and implementation of the projected funded.
  • Evaluation
    • There is no power imbalance between the donor and the recipient.
    • Funding projects use less advanced technology, so locals benefit from working on the projects.
    • smaller in scale and over-dependence on NGO support