Paper 4
Advanced Human Geography Options 1 hour 30 minutes
Candidates answer questions on two of the optional topics.
Each topic consists of one structured question (10 marks) and a
choice of essay questions (20 marks).
60 marks
– 25% of the total A level qualification.

13.2 International Debt and International Aid

International Aid

Aid is basically a form of help given from one country to another; or one person to another, or from a charity (often called Non-Government Organisations or NGOs) to a country or region. It is most likely that you will have given aid at some point in your life! Aid can be given in the short term for emergencies, like during the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, when money poured into South East Asia to help the victims and the sick. Development aid is longer term, and seeks to help people in poorer countries raise their standard of living.

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Aid can also be tied or untied. Tied aid is when the country giving the aid expects something in return for the aid – the host country may have to trade more with the donor country for example. Untied aid is where the receiving country does not have to give anything in return.