Exam 9: National Development Agencies and Bilateral Aid

There is a general consensus that aid should be channelled through states rather than private or voluntary sector organizations in order to achieve maximum effectiveness.

Countries that have "graduated" economically-and therefore have been removed from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's list of qualifying aid recipients-do NOT include which of the following?

More foreign aid is multilateral than bilateral.

In 2017, which of the following was NOT one of the top five most ODA-dependent countries?

In which decade did total aid increase rapidly?

How is the contribution of ODA to development a contested topic?

Official development assistance can come in the form of donations from private corporations.

The prospect of aid harmonization strengthened in the 2010s with the rise of "emerging" donors such as Brazil, China, India, and South Africa.

France and Britain focus the majority of their ODA on their former colonies.

Which of the following criteria is NOT a condition for receiving aid via the United States' Millennium Challenge Corporation?

What is bilateral aid?

Why is argued that aid coordination is significant in achieving progress in development?

Briefly discuss several features of donor countries.

Which of the following statements is true of "tied aid"?

Identify the features of Britain's Department for International Development (DFID) that give it a reputation as one of the world's greatest bilateral development agencies.

In what year did the UN set the goal for all member nations to contribute 0.7 per cent of their total GNP?

A "whole-of-government" approach to aid provision integrates foreign aid with a state's other foreign policy goals.

What self-interested motives do donors follow when delivering foreign aid programs?

All scholars agree that foreign aid is an effective approach to bring about development.

Aid programs can serve to raise the donor's profile internationally.