Strategies To Reduce Uneven Development - Types of Aid

Emergency help usually in response to a natural disaster such as a flood or an earthquake

Sustainable aid that seeks to improve resilience, e.g. wells to reduce the effects of drought, or improvements to agriculture

Richer governments give money to an international organisation such as the World Bank, which then redistributes the money as aid to poorer countries

Aid from one country to another (often tied)

Aid may be given with certain conditions e.g. that the recipient has to spend the aid money on the donor country's products

Money donated by the general public in richer countries and distributed by NGOs such as Oxfam

Sometimes the aid can be wasted by corrupt governments

Projects can fail when money runs out or if there isn't enough local knowledge and support