Atlantic Community:Open Think Tank Article "Foreign Aid: Belligerence vs Development"

Term Paper: Foreign Aid: Belligerence vs Development

Christian Andreas Morris: US aid policy needs to alter dramatically. To achieve UN Millennium Development Goals, developed countries agreed to increase their aid expenditure to 1% of GDP, and yet the only countries to have achieved this are Norway and Sweden.

But if developing countries are to be helped, it is not just an increase in aid budgets which is required, but also a change in the way the funds are allocated.

Currently US aid lends a hand to its own goals, such as the war on terror. As a result large amounts of aid are in fact military aid aimed at battling lawlessness abroad. However, if the US is to succeed in its war on terror it must tackle the social and political roots of poverty. This means tackling fundamental developing world problems such as poverty, lack of education, and lack of healthcare. US policy makers must accept that development is the key long term investment against terrorism.

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April 6, 2008

ilyas m mohsin, ppp, Platinum Contributor (250)

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this is neither new nor surprising.
Aid is linked with pursuit of super/major power interest. The Scandanavians may be an exception. The commitment made is seldom kept. So one must keep one' fingers crossed about the realisation the MDGs.
Remember whaat happened to the Willy Brandt report!