Case Study: Aid Received by India
Geography: AQA GCSE, topic 5.1.17
Types of Aid Received by India
India receives the following types of aid from the global community:
Short-term aid
- Short-term aid is meant to deal with emergencies.
- The 2005 Kashmir Earthquake led India to offer aid to its neighbours, Pakistan.
- In 2001, the UK sent aid to India after an earthquake.
Long-term aid
- Long-term aid is meant to help a country's development.
- Until 2012, India used to receive £280 million in aid, but now the UK gives its aid to poorer countries.
- In 2017, India received $3.1bn in foreign aid.
'Top-down' aid
- 'Top-down' aid usually comes from governments or NGOs. Governments decide how to spend the money and this is best spent on large projects or the development of infrastructure.
'Bottom-up' aid
- CDC Group is a government-owned finance institution that invests in India. Since 1988, it has invested $1.7bn in over 300 projects.
- Microfinance projects like KIVA allow individuals to invest in projects in India.
- 'Bottom-up' aid aims to help local people or individual projects, without requiring government support or direction.
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