8. The Bamako Initiative
9. Appropriate Aid

Aid given by richer countries is said to be helpful when it satisfies some of the following points

The people receiving aid are consulted
The aid helps people to become self-sufficient and so frees them from the need to ask for aid in the future.
The aid is targeted to meet specific needs and is designed to help people.
The aid is monitored and assessed to examine hpw effective it is

10. Inappropriate Aid


Aid given by richer countries is unhelpful to developing countries when kt does the following

The aid reaches the government, not those who need it
The aid is given for selfish reasons to please the donor country
The aid encourages those receiving it to rely on aid and discourages a sence of personal responsibility
The aid is not designed to encourage development in the country

11. Examples of Inappropriate Aid

A milkbottle factory in Sudan which has never bottled a pint because they don't drink from bottles
A monkey nut factory in Tazmania where monkey nuts don't grow
A factory in Yugoslavia able to can more mangos than produced in the world
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