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