1. Trade and Aid Revision for Test

2. Short-term Aid: Sometimes known as ‘emergency aid’.
This is aid that is given when aid is needed urgently e.g. just after a natural disaster.
Food, water, medicines, clothing and shelter.

3. Long-term Aid:
This is aid that will help a country to develop over months or years.
It can take a long time for this sort of aid to have an effect, but will be long lasting.
E.g. new schools, hospitals, roads and irrigation schemes.

4. Tied Aid
Aid is often ‘tied aid’. This is when a country gives aid to another country they have to spend the money in the donor country. E.g. buying goods and services.

5. Bilateral Aid:
Aid that is sent directly from one country to another, usually with conditions.
Most of the aid sent to developing countries is sent in the form of bilateral aid.
Bilateral aid makes up 66% of world aid.

6. Multilateral Aid:
Aid that is given from international organisations such as the UN (United Nations) supplied through development programmes.
Multilateral aid makes up 25% of world aid.
Other examples of organisations that provide multilateral aid: WHO (World Health Organisation), UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund), UNESCO (United Nations Education, Science and Cultural Organisation).

7. Charity Aid:
Aid that is collected in many countries and is used to finance small-scale schemes such as improving water supplies and educating farmers in new techniques.
At times of emergency special appeals ask for blankets and money for medicines that are sent to the victims of famines/natural disaster.
Charity aid makes up 9% of world aid.

8. Question
Is education the best way to improve living conditions in ELDCs?
Give reasons for your answer.
4 marks

9. Advantages of being part of the EU
Put the following statements under one of the headings.
Headings: Economic
Political

10. Statements Being an EU member makes trading goods easier (no tariffs)
Countries in the EU are given support for projects such as new roads.
All residents in EU countries have the right to vote and stand in local government and European Parliament elections in the country they live in.
If you are travelling outside the EU, and your own country does not have an embassy, you can go to the embassy of any other EU country.
Guaranteed a price for farming produce due to CAP (Common Agricultural Policy).
The right to petition the European Parliament and appeal to the European Court of Justice.

11. Natural Disaster Question
Immediately after a natural disaster which type of aid would be most useful?
Give reasons for you answer.

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