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The same goes for foreign aid. There is definitely immediate help warranted in the case natural disasters, and the outbreaks of war, and some longer-term help w
by tareqak 8y ago
The same goes for foreign aid. There is definitely immediate help warranted in the case natural disasters, and the outbreaks of war, and some longer-term help when displaced people are unable to return to their homes. However, a lot of foreign aid ends up being cases where taxpayers fund questionable projects spearheaded by politicians and run by multinationals, consultants, and contractors with dismal results. The main cause I see is that the local population being helped often has poor or skewed representation as a stakeholder in the decision-making process such that the outcome becomes unhelpful or doomed.
- saiya-jin 8y agoThey say 90-95% of the aid contribution generally ends everywhere but the actual people in need. Most go to management of those aid orgs. Somebody please explain to me why the heck most of them need to have huge offices/HQ in Geneva, one of the most expensive places to live in whole world, having huge apartments/houses for free etc. If you want to help like that, first thing I would expect is to be frugal. Rest goes to bribes, corrupt local politicians/gangsters and so on. I only contribute to Amnesty International, but that's my personal choice (and they are in Geneva too...)
- OpenBSD-reich 8y agoYea, like over thirty billion a year to Israel no strings attached!
- TheOtherHobbes 8y agoA lot of that comes back to the US as arms deals. The rest comes back to the US as "political lobbying."
- RealityVoid 8y agoI never got this point. Are you not then giving them arms for free? Are you not using the output of your country and redirecting it to another?
- nsomaru 8y agoUSAID is also used as a foreign policy tool to pressure poor countries to adopt pro US stances. Happened to us in ZA but I believe we refused to comply with DJT’s new requirements and now no longer benefit from USAID