Human Development and Aid

• Human development

  Increasing people's freedom and opportunities to improve their wellbeing
• Measuring human development


  Life expectancy, education, income levels measured by UN Human Development index
• Aid


  Resourced donated from one governmental or non governmental organisation (NGO) to a country in need of
• Resources given

  Emergency supplies

  Food

  People with skills

  Technology

  Money
• Non-governmental aid


  Provided by NGO and consists of public donations
• Bilateral aid


  Given from one government directly to another
• Multilateral aid


  Provided by multiple governments or organisations (a.k.a Official Development Assistance)
• Emergency or short-term aid


  The immediate provision of food, water and shelter.
• Conditional or tied aid


  Conditions are attached to the donation of money or resources
• Untied aid


  No conditions attached
• Long-term development aid

  Provided education à and skills to local communities for sustainable development
• Untied Aid and Irish Aid


  Provided by a governmental agency known as Irish Aid, supportes developing countries such as Ethiopia, Lesotho and Malawi
• How does Irish aid help human development?

  Eradicating poverty and hunger

  
  

  Remotes gender equality

  Coping with climate change

  Supports education

  Improves health

  Trade and economic growth
• Advantages of aid

  Saves lives and rebuild housing and industry after disaster

  Medical training, medicine and equipment improves health

  Resources help increase years spent in school and literacy rates
• Disadvantages of aid

  Increases developing countries reliance of developed country

  Political corruption

  Puts economic/political pressure on a country

  Military aid may become corrupt
• Technology and human development


  Technology or intermediate technology can help develop a developing country