Foreign Aid: Pros, Cons and Ideas to Improve the Results in the World
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The paper analyses the situation of development aid in the world. The study uses data from a period of 50 years to show information such as main donors, receivers, goals and amounts of money delivered in foreign aid. The paper will present both positive and negative arguments regarding this topic using a thorough review of bibliographic sources. The scope of the paper will not be to support a position, but to propose ideas and present alternatives to improve the efficiency of economic aid. Also, it will present the advances that international institutions are implementing in order to enhance their effects in the world.
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