Trade or AidTrade or AidTrade or AidTrade or Aid

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Trade or Aid?Trade or Aid? Trade or Aid?Trade or Aid?

• Study pages 202-205• Write notes to help you assess the extent to

which the following have been good for Uganda:

Aid Commodity exports in from 1970s Structural adjustments Joining the WTO Fair Trade Economic Partnership Agreements with the EU

• Study pages 202-205• Write notes to help you assess the extent to

which the following have been good for Uganda:

Aid Commodity exports in from 1970s Structural adjustments Joining the WTO Fair Trade Economic Partnership Agreements with the EU

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Aid and InvestmentAid and InvestmentAid and InvestmentAid and InvestmentLook at page 206

Be aware of the difference between AID and INVESTMENT

Aid is a gift or more commonly a repayable loan provided by a country, group of countries or organisation such as the World Bank

INVESTMENT is a loan used to develop a country BUT with a share of the profits, and is normally provided by TNCs

Some projects can be a combination of the two, and sometimes it is not always clear as to the distinction

Now refer to pages 207-214 about seven examples of aid and/or investment designed to help narrow the development gap ....

Look at page 206

Be aware of the difference between AID and INVESTMENT

Aid is a gift or more commonly a repayable loan provided by a country, group of countries or organisation such as the World Bank

INVESTMENT is a loan used to develop a country BUT with a share of the profits, and is normally provided by TNCs

Some projects can be a combination of the two, and sometimes it is not always clear as to the distinction

Now refer to pages 207-214 about seven examples of aid and/or investment designed to help narrow the development gap ....

Resource & page number

Project Aid or investment? Top-down or bottom-up

1 page 207 Akosombo Dam, Ghana

Both aid and investment

Top-down

2 page 208 Ghana’s aluminium smelter

Both aid and investment

Top-down

3 page 209 Water provision in Ghana

Investment Top-down

4 page 210 The Pergau Dam, Malaysia

Aid Top-down

5 page 211 Farming cooperative in Barlonyo, Uganda

Aid Bottom-up

6 page 212 Kingship community project, Moldova

Aid Top-down and bottom-up

7 page 213 Populist land reform in Zimbabwe

Neither - politically motivated

Top-down

8 Coopers’- Coborn School Twabuka project, Zambia

Aid Top-down and bottom-up

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What to doWhat to doWhat to doWhat to doChoose FOUR of these projects and briefly summarise

the relative success of them. Try to understand why each was a relative success or failure. Your choices should provide a balance of top-down and bottom-up projects as well as examples of both aid and investment. Try to assess the extent to which the aid projects represent examples of SMART aid (see mind map).

If you choose our school’s project (start by looking at the link on the CCCS official website) then don’t choose the Kingship project. Also don’t do both the Akosombo dam and the aluminium smelter.

These will provide mini case studies providing evidence for attempts made to narrow the development gap. You should be aware of the other projects but do not spend a lot of time drawing up a detailed analysis.

Choose FOUR of these projects and briefly summarise the relative success of them. Try to understand why each was a relative success or failure. Your choices should provide a balance of top-down and bottom-up projects as well as examples of both aid and investment. Try to assess the extent to which the aid projects represent examples of SMART aid (see mind map).

If you choose our school’s project (start by looking at the link on the CCCS official website) then don’t choose the Kingship project. Also don’t do both the Akosombo dam and the aluminium smelter.

These will provide mini case studies providing evidence for attempts made to narrow the development gap. You should be aware of the other projects but do not spend a lot of time drawing up a detailed analysis.

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Is smart aid the way forward?

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The Millennium GoalsThe Millennium GoalsThe Millennium GoalsThe Millennium Goals

From the specification - EXAMINING AN EXAMPLE OF A COUNTRY’S PROGRESS THROUGH THE MDGs INITIATIVE

TASK = “With reference to a variety of countries discuss how likely it will be that the MDGs will be met by 2015”

Choose four from Kenya, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Thailand from the conference notes, Bangladesh and Uganda from the text book pages 215-217 and Cambodia from class discussion and YouTube clip.

From the specification - EXAMINING AN EXAMPLE OF A COUNTRY’S PROGRESS THROUGH THE MDGs INITIATIVE

TASK = “With reference to a variety of countries discuss how likely it will be that the MDGs will be met by 2015”

Choose four from Kenya, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Thailand from the conference notes, Bangladesh and Uganda from the text book pages 215-217 and Cambodia from class discussion and YouTube clip.

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What are the barriers to What are the barriers to narrowing the development narrowing the development gap in Sub-Saharan Africa?gap in Sub-Saharan Africa?

What are the barriers to What are the barriers to narrowing the development narrowing the development gap in Sub-Saharan Africa?gap in Sub-Saharan Africa?

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