M1.5: A Critical Evaluation of International AidA2
M1.5: Module Intro
M1.5: A Critical Evaluation of International Aid
Our enquiry
Does aid help the receiver or the giver, and does how it is given matter more than how much?
Purpose and types → Delivery → Interests → Outcomes → Judgement
Follow the questions towards your final judgement. At selected handovers, pause briefly to think or discuss. On the full module path, keep a written connection after Aid Is Only an Input and Build the Big Picture.
⭐ Your path13 steps. The important knowledge in this module: the backbone you need to practise. Do them in order.0 of 13 done
What is aid intended to do, and what type is it?
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I can explain what aid is, official or voluntary, grant or loan, and how it aims to break the cycle of poverty
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I can explain what aid is, official or voluntary, grant or loan, and how it aims to break the cycle of poverty
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I can sort aid into its six types and show how one project can be several at once
Who delivers aid, and who makes the decisions?
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I can sort aid into its six types and show how one project can be several at once
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I can explain how governments, IGOs and NGOs deliver aid, and compare top-down and bottom-up schemes
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I can explain how governments, IGOs and NGOs deliver aid, and compare top-down and bottom-up schemes
Whose needs and interests does aid serve?
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I can explain why donors give aid and when it serves the donor more than the receiver
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I can sort aid into its six types and show how one project can be several at once
What turns aid into useful outcomes?
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I can judge when aid helps a receiving country and when it fails or does harm, using real cases
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I can judge when aid helps a receiving country and when it fails or does harm, using real cases
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I can judge when aid helps a receiving country and when it fails or does harm, using real cases
Who benefits, and under what conditions?
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I can explain why donors give aid and when it serves the donor more than the receiver
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I can answer the big question with a supported judgement on whether, and how, aid should be given
🎓 Seminar prep
Prepare your evidence and arguments for the class seminar.
🔎 Go deeper · 7
🔎 Go deeperExtension. Pushing for a top grade, or found a step hard? These build on the same ideas, so you can stretch or consolidate.
- I can explain what aid is, official or voluntary, grant or loan, and how it aims to break the cycle of poverty
- I can sort aid into its six types and show how one project can be several at once
- I can judge when aid helps a receiving country and when it fails or does harm, using real cases
- I can explain why donors give aid and when it serves the donor more than the receiver
🔎 Go deeperExtension. Pushing for a top grade, or found a step hard? These build on the same ideas, so you can stretch or consolidate.
- I can explain what aid is, official or voluntary, grant or loan, and how it aims to break the cycle of poverty
- I can sort aid into its six types and show how one project can be several at once
- I can judge when aid helps a receiving country and when it fails or does harm, using real cases
- I can explain why donors give aid and when it serves the donor more than the receiver