Aid, trade and debt

Criticisms of Official Development Aid

Karl Thompson / February 22, 2017

Official Development Aid is aid from governments, which can take the form of either bilateral aid – direct from donor […]

Karl Thompson / February 21, 2017

Early modernisation theorists believed that it was essential to inject aid into countries to establish infrastructure and change attitudes. From

Karl Thompson / February 20, 2017

Aid refers to any flow of resources from developed countries to the developing world. Aid can come in the form

Karl Thompson / February 16, 2017

Dependency theorists argue poor countries are often dependent on low value primary products for export, which the West then adds value to!

Karl Thompson / February 15, 2017

‘Free’ trade* refers to the relative absence of government interference in the affairs of private businesses and the consumers who buy