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Humanitarian Aid

Advantages
Ngo's work with recipient countries to
better understand the local situation
Help's developing countries achieve development objectives

Disadvantages;
Overcrowding in certain areas due to resource distribution
Possibility of corruption from political leaders
Countries may become over reliant and industries may become less productive

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project aid
Advantages:
direct purpose, improving healthcare directly, education
Disadvantages:
Money may not be used for the correct purpose or used for other purposes. Dependency may increase

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Foreign Aid

Advantages
- Can provide help for multiple areas to help with many different problems
- Can help developing countries
-Support developing countries with better technology

Disadvantages
-Increased dependancy
-Risk of corruption
-More expensive commodities

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Foreign aid:
Adv:
-helps developing countries startup economies and promote better quality of life.
Dadv:
- risk of corruption as governments may use the money from the aid not for what they are intended for.
- Overlooks small farmers- decreases crop prices

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Foreign aid

Disadvantages:
- too much dependency/reliance on foreign countries
- Foreign aid may increase corruption
- Foreign support may only benefit large scale projects eg large scale agricultural projects and not the less privileged eg small farmers
- may only benefit large corporations
- foreign aid may be given to country to benefit foreign owned corporations sp help isn't directed to less fortunate but to its own people

Advantages:
- May help rebuild lives after disaster
- help boost economy and encourage development
- provide clean facilities to reduce risk of disease

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Bottom up
Advantages: helps communities directly more beneficial in long term as its most like sustainable. Can teach locals on better safer methods on things done every day. Cheaper
Disadvantages: Can make it more difficult for local farmers to sell produce as the aid might be cheaper; undercutting the farmers. Can't help entire regions not really applicable on a large scale

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top down
positives:
- affects a wider range of people than any other type of aid - they have many more resources and more money. This is more efficient to help more people that are affected by larger issues
negatives:
- because so many people are involved, its not always easy to keep track of where the money is going and how the money is being spent

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Project
Advantage:
- can tackle specific issues as it is aid that is given for a specific purpose e.g emergency aid during times of a disaster can save lives
-project can be sustainable and improve well-being and economical development in the long term
Disadvantage:
- may increase dependency on the aid for the recipient country/region

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bottom-up
advantages: sustainable, helps the most vulnerable communities, includes the opinions of local communities
disadvantages: may not have enough funds to support the project

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Bilateral
Advantages:
- increases standards of living
- can be good in emergency situations
- improve political relations -> trade
-  tool for economic sanctions e.g  US & Iran
- quick and efficient
- governments can decide how to use it - autonomy
Disadvantages
-  can promote dependency
- corruption
- debt
- can be turned on and off without notice
- maybe solely for political reasons

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Humanitarian Aid
Advantages:
- Provides emergency relief to people/countries who need it
- Using Local knowledge

Disadvantages:
- A reduction in price of food during a famine can be a disincentive for local farmers causing them to produce less food
- Can have long term impact on food aid

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conditional/tied up
- advantages --> helps the donor's economy / helps reputation / helps SDGs (eg. no poverty, no hunger, ...) / helps countries relations, allies
-  disadvantages --> the receiver's might become too dependant on the donor's aid / their own economy might hinder as demand decreases / they might not use this aid to buy imports, might use for other ill-intended stuff