THE EAST AFRICAN UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

COURSE UNIT:INTERNATIONALAID AND DEVELOPMENT

COURSE CODE: DIR 2104
SESSION: JAN-APRIL 2018 TIME: 2HRS

INSTRUCTIONS: QUESTION ONE IS COMPULSORY AND

ATTEMPT ANY OTHER TWO QUESTIONS

SECTION ONE
1. After nearly 50 years of U.S. spending on foreign aid, the purposes and worth of that
spending remain issues of debate in the Congress. The financial assistance was given for
strategic, political, economic, or even cultural reasons.
a)Define the term international aid and development(4marks)
b)Determine what role, the foreign aid has played in promoting growth and
development(12marks)
c) What are the different types of U.S. foreign aid?(16marks)
SECTION TWO
2.a)How can we ensure development aid is not wasted by corrupt governments?(14marks)
b) Explain the following terms development and underdevelopment in a global era(6marks)

3a).Discuss the major theories of development (12marks)

b)exmplain why modernization theory is dorminant theory in development(8marks)

4,a)What role do women play in development(10marks)

b)Does globalization bring about inequality in the world?(10marks
5a)Explain the factors that contribute to Rural –Urban migration(12marks)
b)Under what circurmstance does a recipient country request for a foreign aid from a donor
country.(8marks)