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    The document analyzes whether foreign economic aid helps or hinders developing countries. It discusses research sources on foreign aid and criteria for judging its effectiveness such as education levels, life expectancy, GDP levels, and poverty rates. Some issues with foreign aid are that it often focuses on former colonies or strategically valuable countries. Aid is also sometimes embezzled by corrupt governments or comes with strings attached like trade agreements. In conclusion, the document suggests foreign aid would be better spent giving resources directly to people rather than autocratic governments and that aid can help reduce poverty and inequality.

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    The document analyzes whether foreign economic aid helps or hinders developing countries. It discusses research sources on foreign aid and criteria for judging its effectiveness such as education levels, life expectancy, GDP levels, and poverty rates. Some issues with foreign aid are that it often focuses on former colonies or strategically valuable countries. Aid is also sometimes embezzled by corrupt governments or comes with strings attached like trade agreements. In conclusion, the document suggests foreign aid would be better spent giving resources directly to people rather than autocratic governments and that aid can help reduce poverty and inequality.

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    Economic Aid-Does It Help or Hinder Developing Countries?: by Matthew Mulley

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    The document analyzes whether foreign economic aid helps or hinders developing countries. It discusses research sources on foreign aid and criteria for judging its effectiveness such as education levels, life expectancy, GDP levels, and poverty rates. Some issues with foreign aid are that it often focuses on former colonies or strategically valuable countries. Aid is also sometimes embezzled by corrupt governments or comes with strings attached like trade agreements. In conclusion, the document suggests foreign aid would be better spent giving resources directly to people rather than autocratic governments and that aid can help reduce poverty and inequality.

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    Economic Aid- does it help or hinder

    developing countries?
    By Matthew Mulley
    Economic Aid
    What is it?

    Why do countries do it?


    Initial Planning
    - Water scarcity- rejected.

    - Foreign Economic Aid – does it really help or hinder?

    - Modification of the idea- After looking at foreign


    economic aid to use two countries to compare and
    contrast foreign economic aid in two different
    continents .
    Research
    Sources- Foreign Economic Aid- Milton Friedman

    Who gives foreign aid and why- Alberto Alesina, David Dollar

    CIA world Fact Book

    World Bank average life expectancy

    World Bank – GDP levels

    World Bank- Net Development Assistance – current in $

    How did I go about doing it?


    Criteria of judging foreign
    aid effectiveness
    Objectives of foreign aid, were they achieved and
    were they realistic

    Education Levels

    Life expectancy

    GDP levels

    Levels of Absolute Poverty


    Some of the issues with
    foreign aid
    Aid is often focused on former colonies

    Aid can be focused in countries which are


    strategically valuable

    Aid is often embezzled by corrupt governments

     Aid often comes with strings attached (trade


    agreements)
    Some Conclusions
    Foreign aid should be changed from transferring
    resources from one country to another country
    whom have autocratic governance and instead given
    directly to people

    Foreign aid does reduce poverty and inequality

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