Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Foreign Aid And The Millennium Development Goals

The Big Truck That Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster is an inside look into the realities behind international aid and intervention. The book answers the question of whether or not international efforts in Haiti really benefited the nation in the long term. The book argues that the international community failed in their efforts to rebuild Haiti due to their mismatched military approaches, failed monetary pledges and how the how billions of dollars were ineffective, having served only short term needs instead of, rebuilding solid foundations and institutions that would serve as the first step toward sustainable development.

From a perilous beginning, Bangladesh has attained notable advancements in economic and social development in about four decades. Since it won its independent in 1971 following a bloody war, many, in the international community were doubtful about the country’s long-term economic sustainability. Some observers predicted a state of continuing aid dependency, while others believed if a country with such enormous and innumerable development problems as Bangladesh could make strides in development, then possibly other developing countries could as

The United States is one of the richest countries in the world. Compared to other countries, we have a lot of privileges that most countries don’t experience. One specific country that struggles day by day is Bangladesh. No one in the United States realizes the extent of variation between family structures in different parts of the world, such as Bangladesh. The United States and Bangladesh are different in terms of extended families, marriage rituals, and childcare.

The book, Microfinance and its Discontent: Women in Debt in Bangladesh written by Lamia Karim, gives us account on what causes a culture to be known as “economy of shame” status, such as in the case of Bangladesh. She writes on a subject that is a top list priority in the economical world these days, the corrupt ways NGO’s lenders do business not only in Bangladesh but across the world, however, she centralizes her views on Bangladesh and only a handful of NGO’s. Even though this was primarily a look at Bangladesh, it has resulted in capturing the attention of people across the globe not only with the NGO’s mention in the book but resulting in a closer look at all NGO’s and how they serve the people. Karim shares with the readers how the 1980’s nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) led in the way of microfinance institutions and claimed that they were providing women with an empowerment tool by issuing them loans. We find that over 80% of borrows are women and most are economically challenged already. With that being stated Karim also takes a look at how and why that is, she discusses the long term effects it is having on women and how it is furthering the exploitation of women in Bangladesh. She looked at how this type of exploitation has not only weakened further women’s economy in Bangladesh but has also strengthen the power NGO’s have over the people (mainly women) at the same time. It takes a look at this type of expansion and brands NGO’s use as a “shadow state

Globalization has improved the lives of women around the world, specifically, those in developing countries. However, women consistently remain at a disadvantage when it comes to many things such as: employment, education, and overall societal treatment. According to “Gender Statistics”, an article by the United States Agency for International Development, girls are four percent less likely than boys to complete primary school. Additionally, due to the fact that maternity care is not offered in several different countries across the globe, 529,000 women die each year due to pregnancy complications and childbirth. (Gender Statistics.) These challenges are not only faced in the United States, but all across the world, and that needs to change.

Encyclopaedia Britannica defines Foreign aid as ‘the international transfer of capital, goods, or services from a country or international organization for the benefit of the recipient country or its population. Aid can be economic, military or emergency humanitarian’. As of 2015 Australia’s aid budget has fallen to $4 billion from $5.6 billion in 2013 after the 2014 Abbott government cuts which places Australia as the 12th highest country for aid as of 2015. These cuts will mean that Australian aid will be 0.22% of Gross National Income (GNI) of the 2017-18 budget compared to 0.34% of GNI in the 2013-14 budget. Australia under the governmental agency

In order to address the issues of humanitarian relief and foreign Aid, Specific steps must be taken. The US foreign aid is an essential part of American foreign policy. The U.S. government must implement a global policy on humanitarian support to guide and to save to save lives

Being born and raised in Nepal, I quickly noticed how the absence of legal and social policies perpetuated an environment of violence and inequalities for many of its marginalized citizens. Incorporating

Capitalism is a form of an economic and social organisation characterised by the profit motive and the control of the means of production, distribution and the exchange of goods by private ownership Knox, P. and Marston, S. (2014). Capitalisation creates opportunity to build global trading relationships and financial institutions that have an impact on national and regional economies. Feminism is a collection of movements and ideologies that share a common goal to create change by establishing the equality of genders to ensure that women are treated fairly in the social, political and economical environments. The purpose of this essay is to establish the problems and potentials that arise from Capitalism and Feminism that have emerged as a result of globalisation and how feminism is helping to overcome issues of inequality that have emerged in the everyday living of women in Bangladesh. Bangladesh is a country located in South Asia it is bordered by the country of India (Figure 1.1). The capital city of Bangladesh Is Dhaka, As of 2013 Bangladesh has a population of 162 077 360 people, of which 4,237,592 are woman. (World Bank)

The topic effect of war and peace on the foreign aid and will include foreign aid provided to Afghanistan along with the uses of foreign aid

The development of rural Bangladesh has figured prominent in the development plans and programmes of the 1970s. It is well known that majority of the people of Bangladesh live mainly in rural area under mass poverty. Poverty reduction has therefore become an important aspect of rural development (Islam.1992). As women in Bangladesh compose half of the total population, it certainly demands a remarkable involvement of women in the process of development process to alleviate poverty. There have been many institutional involvements taken so far in this context.

Humanitarian aid is an important impartial aid for people in need all over the world. NGOs started gaining reputation and importance in the early 1990’s, and both the number of nongovernmental organizations and their involvement in national and international policy-making have increased tremendously over the last

The topic effect of war and peace on the foreign aid and will include foreign aid provided to Afghanistan along with

This paper seeks to contribute to this process by highlighting the main strengths and weaknesses of the MDGs in Nigeria and Haiti, deriving the lessons that can be learned from almost 15 years of experience with the MDGs. Building on these lessons, the paper suggests different ways of how they could inform and enrich the process towards the formulation of a new development agenda.

Bangladesh has got a population of around 150 million (2011) with a life expectancy at birth of around 63 years, and an adult literacy rate of 47.5%. The recent Human Development