POLS 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Clinical Trial, Aid Effectiveness

• School: Temple University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1301
• Professor: Sarah Bush

Document Summary

Foreign aid: foreign aid refers to funds, goods, or services provided on a concessional basis to poor countries to promote economic and human development. Many americans think over 25% on foreign aid. (misperception) : having poor countries around you (war or disease) To contribute to solving global problem : climate change. To promote positive political stability : ally countries. Because economic growth is beneficial to all : win-win to everybody. Donor country problems: rich countries give aid to the wrong countries, rich countries give in the wrong ways, rich countries don"t give enough. Target country problems: governments steal money: they use money bad ways, governments use aid ineffectively.