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Not all aid is positive. Tied aid for example may benefit the donor more than the receiver. Aid may cause the receiver to become more dependant on the donor country, or if it is military aid it may be used by government against an opponent with a just quarrel against government policies. Much tied age is given to better-off third world countries that may serve the political or economic needs of donor countries (e.g [[South Africa]], [[Argentina]] etc.) Some powerful countries may use it as a means of political control over weaker countries. For example, the US government asked the Turkish government if it could use Turkish air bases to bomb Iraq in the 2003 war. When [[Turkey]] refused, the US immediately withdrew millions of dollars of aid from Turkey. Loans may be given in the form of aid. Some of these loans are given on standard commercial terms, and may create crippling debt over long periods.

Not all aid is positive. Tied aid for example may benefit the donor more than the receiver. Aid may cause the receiver to become more dependant on the donor country, or if it is military aid it may be used by government against an opponent with a just quarrel against government policies. Much tied age is given to better-off third world countries that may serve the political or economic needs of donor countries (e.g [[South Africa]], [[Argentina]] etc.) Some powerful countries may use it as a means of political control over weaker countries. For example, the US government asked the Turkish government if it could use Turkish air bases to bomb Iraq in the 2003 war. When [[Turkey]] refused, the US immediately withdrew millions of dollars of aid from Turkey. Loans may be given in the form of aid. Some of these loans are given on standard commercial terms, and may create crippling debt over long periods.

NGOs enjoy an independent status that allows agencies to work independently for justice in places such as South Africa, which was under apartheid policies up to the 1980’s. Because NGOs are relatively small organizations they do no get involved in mega projects such as dam construction. They are mostly involved with community based ‘appropriate aid’ projects that get local support.  

NGOs enjoy an independent status that allows agencies to work independently for justice in places such as South Africa, which was under apartheid policies up to the 1980’s. Because NGOs are relatively small organizations they do no get involved in mega projects such as dam construction. They are mostly involved with community based ‘appropriate aid’ projects that get local support. Whilst they are effective, they depend on voluntary donations alone, which are in short supply. One of the largest reasons for this is that popular western attitudes of decency result in the poorest parts of the world being portrayed as rather more benign than they really are.

 

There are some disadvantages with NGOs though. Competition between NGOs can lead to agencies adopting ‘starving baby’ images that may distort the first worlds view of the third world. The scale of funds at the disposal of NGOs is relatively small compared to national government funding. Some NGOs use ‘child sponsorship’ schemes where individual children in the third world are sponsored by individuals in the first world. However, this could make such third world children feel personally in debt to these sponsors and so may reduce their sense of individuality and thus damage any empowerment and individualistic free enterprise that helps economies grow.

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