Chapter 9 Self-grading Quizzes

National Development Agencies and Bilateral Aid
. Bilateral aid ________.

. ________ is NOT a criterion under the definition of "official development assistance"?

. "Tied aid" is understood as ________.

. Recent controversies over official development assistance have NOT been concerned with which of the following?

. China has recently gained attention for the foreign aid it is providing to ________.

. ________ of global ODA is provided by members of the Development Assistance Committee.

. The period of "aid fatigue" was ________.

. ________ provided the highest amount of official development assistance in absolute terms in 2018.

. ________ is one of the least generous aid donors in relative terms.

. Following the end of the Cold War, in the 1990s Western donors did what (in relation to foreign aid)?

. To qualify as ODA, funding must be provided by ________.

. Foreign aid can be spent in all of the following ways except ________.

. Results-based management is effective for measuring ________.

. A long-standing debate in foreign aid is ________.

. Uniting around one single development strategy carries the following risks: ________.

. Bilateral aid means _______________

. Foreign aid is usually also known as ____________

. ODA refers to ____________

. Donations from individuals, foundations, or private corporations are usually mediated by _____________

. ODA may include ____________

. When development assistance is closely integrated with military and diplomatic initiatives _________

. The cost of peacekeeping operations may be included as oda___________

. The expansion of the definition of oda has led to ________

. To provide training and build local capacity is an example of ___________-

. The Development Assistance Committee is ___________

. The term "foreign aid" is often used interchangeably with the term "official development assistance."

. Funds from non-governmental organizations are included in the category of official development assistance.

. Most countries that provide foreign aid belong to the Development Assistance Committee.

. Some developing countries have their own donor programs.

. The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) channels US foreign aid to countries that meet certain criteria involving the presence of free market, democracy, and good governance.

. Asia receives more foreign aid than any other region.

. Until recently, unlike most aid providers, China did not have a bilateral aid agency or a lead unit in its foreign ministry.

. Russia qualifies as ODA.

. The top recipients of aid are also the most dependent on aid.

. Results-based management seeks to improve aid effectiveness by requiring measurable and verifiable results of aid.

. Aid can be provided by governments, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, private foundations, and individuals. To count as foreign aid, or "official development assistance," it must have as its main goal the promotion of well-being in developing countries.

. Critics agree that the definition of ODA must be extended to the militarization or securitization of aid.

. Government officials believe that aid is primarily a means to pursue other foreign policy objectives, including diplomatic, commercial, and security interests.

. The United States the world's largest aid donor.

. The top recipients of foreign aid are often determined based on a five-year period without the consideration of international politics.

. ODA cannot be conditional on the purchase of goods and services from the donor country.

. Many donors are making sub-Saharan Africa a priority because of its higher rate of poverty.

. Some countries transfer a much larger proportion of their aid to multilateral institutions than they disburse directly to developing countries.

. The United States, the world's largest aid donor, has two main governmental aid agencies for their foreign aid strategies.

. The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) works under the authority of the Ministry of Defense.

. It is always accurate to rank the overall performance of bilateral aid agencies.

. The OECD's Development Assistance Committee maintains a list of countries and territories that qualify as recipients as the world's largest donors in history.

. A good foreign aid agency should focus its aid policy on achieving outcomes, basing it on concrete evidence rather than ideological preferences.

. Some Western observers express great concern about the size of Chinese aid in particular and the way in which it serves as an alternative to Western ODA, which usually comes with conditions.

. Haiti receives more foreign aid than any other region in the world.

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