International assistance is an of import portion for economic development. Tonss of developing states accept foreign economic assistance. On the surface, the assistance helps developing states in many Fieldss, and makes them acquire development. However, the world is non easy like the surface. I think international assistance can non assist developing states to development efficaciously, and even it blocks their development in some Fieldss. In order to discourse this job clearly, we should concentrate on developed states, which give assistance to hapless provinces, and developing states, that receive the assistance, severally.
At first, we pay attending to developed states that provide assistance. From the informations of World Bank in 1985, 2002 and 2005, we can cognize the entire functionary development aid of 22 developed states in 2005 is more than three times compare with 20 old ages ago. It is no uncertainty that United States is the top state to give assistance. The United Nations understanding makes a end that those states should give more than 0.7 % per centum of GNI assistance but a few states achieved that figure. ( Michael P. Todaro and Stephen C. Smith, 2009 ) It is non hard to understand because few states want to pass tonss of money in this field. Most of those states have unambiguous intent to give assistance. Merely when there is a serious accident or catastrophe happen in one state, developed states can help this state for humanity and assist them from the bosom. For illustration, after the temblor of Haiti, tonss of states give money, soldierly or despatch at that place. However, comparison with the devastation of catastrophe, the assistance can non countervail it. This is a peculiar instance after all.
Developed states still ever think about how to utilize less money to acquire their intent with international assistance. Political purpose and economic purpose are the two biggest grounds for developed states supplying aid, and acquiring convenience in political relations is more of import for those states. From the position of pragmatism, foreign assistance is a policy tool that influences political judgements of receiver states. ( Tomohisa Hattori, 2001 ) The U.S. is a good illustration to explicate this. The assistance from the U.S is frequently impermanent. She provided assistance to South Asiatic, South-east Asian, Latin American, Middle East, African and East Europe in different period but each did non last a long term. In those periods, the U.S. needed those parts to back up her so give assistance was a best manner to acquire the end. ( Michael P. Todaro and Stephen C. Smith, 2009 ) In short tally, the aids made the underdeveloped states in those countries develop but the consequence disappeared with the clip goes by. For economic purpose, it is easy to understand, excessively. Aid givers prefer to utilize loan alternatively of giving gift, and they can acquire several benefits from the loan.
As a consequence of developed states ‘ purpose, most givers merely concentrate on how to derive from the international assistance. Few of them want to assist hapless states to develop so so it is a portion of ground why I think international assistance can non do developing states improve their backward state of affairss.
Let us look at the aid-recipient states side. Bangladesh is hapless South Asiatic state that receives tonss of assistance. Bangladesh was to be independent in 1971. At the first 20 old ages of independent, she receives 21.03 billion dollars assistance from developed states. However, in that clip, Bangladesh had easy growing except a few old ages. In some peculiar old ages, the growing rate was really low such as the GDP growing rate of 1976-1977 was 1.7 % and 1981-1982 was merely 0.8 % . ( Liu Jian, 2001 ) Although there were many grounds for low growing of Bangladesh, that figures besides can demo us that the big sum of international assistance has little consequence for development. Since early clip of 90s, Bangladesh has started rapid addition and the growing rate interrupt though 5 % in several old ages. The alteration was caused by transmutation of governmental economic system policies like reform and unfastened in China, and it was unrelated with foreign assistance. In despite of having assistance yet, Bangladesh does non trust on it to develop.
It is good known that states in the Sub-Saharan Africa are poorest in the universe. They receive tonss of assistance, and utilizing it in many Fieldss to betterment. However, from a image, we can see African people hold a motto that said: “ IMF + World Bank = Hundreds Rich, Billions Poor ” . ( James Shikwati, 2009 ) This instance indicates that African people think foreign assistance addition the inequality, and do a bigger spread between richer and poorer. Most states receive assistance in order to cut down the inequality. However, after the computation of econometric method, some people find “ assistance does non look to hold a statistically important consequence on inequality and poorness decrease ” . ( Maria Cecilia Calderon, Alberto Chong and Mark Gradstein, 2006 ) For this statement, I think the authoritiess of those African states need to be responsible to it. A big proportion of the assistance is used by richer people in non-economic behaviour, and even functionaries have corruptnesss with it. ( Francis Fukuyama, 2009 ) In a word, many states use the assistance in incorrect ways, and assistance is non applied to the hapless people who need it pressingly. It will harm the economic system a batch. In add-on, some states rely on the assistance overly. In some African states, the assistance takes a big proportion of GDP. I think those states can non trust on it everlastingly, but if givers do non supply assistance, their economic system will confront to breakdown. This is another aspect block their development. The states lost their independency in economic system, and have to be bound with givers. ( Michael P. Todaro and Stephen C. Smith, 2009 ) They have trouble to develop their domestic industry so they will ne’er be richer in that circumstance.
In a decision, the official international assistance has a good decorated visual aspect but it barely to accomplish the end that helps developing states to develop. Rich givers have their intent to acquire their ain involvements, and recipient states can non utilize them right. It is the job that tonss of people query with international assistance. On the contrary, the non-governmental assistance has increased recent old ages. The assistance from those organisations ever is the existent aid for hapless states. Although they have non taken form into a big graduated table, I think it will be a better manner for development in the hereafter.