Australia Foreign aid

should be reduced

Name: Yulina Seok

Student ID: 24874906

Subject: English Unit 1

Teacher: Eva Hatzi

Background

Tony Abott, the prime minister of Australia an-nounced the $100 million reduction of foreign aid

Source: Youtube 2013

3 Arguments

1. No result from foreign aid

2. Formation of dependency syndrome

3. Skilled workers are better than money

1. No result from foreign aid

Why are they still poor?

Source: Good aid work 2013

Political Cor-ruption!

1.1 Political Corruption

Where is foreign aid going?

1.1 Political Corruption

Papua New Guinea

Pakistan

Afghanistan

Philippines

Indonesia

Solomon Islands

Vietnam

East Timor

Bangladesh

Cambodia

Source: Snouts in the Trough 2013

2. Formation of dependency Syndrome

Developed countries

Recipient countries

Foreign aid

Need foreign aid again

Lose motiva-tion to work

The vicious cycle of repeat

2. Formation of dependency Syndrome

<Dependency syndrome example – Pakistan (Tirmizi 2010)>

Foreign aid

Developed countries

Pakistandon’t need to payback

don’t have fiscal pressure↓

Collect only 9 per cent GDP(Gross Domestic Product )

Caused inflation

Request money

3. Skilled workers are better

• NGO- Non Government Organization.- Provide technical and financial assistance

• Roles (Daniel 2011)- Creation of employment- Improve standards of living- Reduce literacy level

3. Skilled workers are better

< Case in Africa 2013 (Asante 2013)>

1. Health & finance training - 950 young girls

2. Construction 2 kindergarten

3. Trained 800 teachers

4. Brought textbooks to rural school

Conclusion

Political Corruption

Dependency Syndrome

NGO per-formance

Foreign aid should be reduced

support NGO more for effec-tive assistance

ReferencesAsante 2014, Successes and Opportunities!, viewed 06 March 2014,http://www.asanteafrica.org/successes-opportunities-january-2014/

Craig, D 2013, ‘Why are we giving most foreign aid to the world’s most corrupt countries?’, Snouts in the Trough, viewed 4 March 2014, http://www.snouts-in-the-trough.com/archives/6950

Daniel, H 2011, Benefits Of NGOs, BenefitOf.net, viewed 18 February, http://benefitof.net/benefits-of-ngos/

Good Aid Works 2013?, Success: The Big Picture Statistics ‘, web log, viewed 8 February, 2014, http://goodaidworks.com.au/success-the-big-picture-statistics/

Mrtodayvideos8 2013, Abbott defends foreign aid cuts, YouTube, online video, viewed 06 March 2014, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfVsWxtRjT4

Stone, T 2012, ‘Empirics of Foreign Aid and Growth: Least Developed Countries’, Organisational devel-opment facilitator, web log post, 19 November, viewed 5 March 2014, http://tonystoneblog.wordpress.com/2012/11/19/empirics-of-foreign-aid-and-growth-least-developed-countries/

Tirmizi, F 2010, ‘Why foreign aid does not help’, Tribune, 4 October, viewed 19 February, http://tribune.com.pk/story/58059/why-foreign-aid-does-not-help/