why is aid ineffective?
536703
People say giving aid to third world countries is ineffective as it is spent ad used up.  A lot of the time aid goes to the government, and the governments are often corrupt and spend the aid without it every getting to the normal people.  A lot of people prefer sending tools and animals as aid so money is not just spent.
453568
There are many issues causing poverty - there is inequality, human rights issues, lack of education, lack of access to information, unfair trade practices ... so reducing poverty in this millenium is a difficult although attainable goal.  There's also talk of the Milllenium Development Goals which multialteral development insitutions are inviting all governments and NGOs to help in achieving. I hope this will help you attend that lecture better.
265570
Because the UN is ineffective, the US scoffs it's authourity unless it listens to us and thus it never gets anything done well
483074
there are two issues...spending monies so friends in the military support systems recieve it and the fact that all civilizations have class systems designed to have a steep downhill slope.the industry that helps the poor once they are reduced to crime,depression,the requiring of assistance is not much different than the military...just a different face.there will always be poor.
553014
The American government isn't doing anything to help Africa at all. There are American Christian organizations that send aid to Africa like the Red Cross from the Catholics. The Bible belt doesn't give them anything they are just cheating the public, and lining there pocket's for themselves. TV Evangelists are scam artists, that money never gets to the poor people of Africa,(They are thieves). That is why the problem never gets any better.
225637
So far the government has been a failure in response to poverty. Social programs don't work as they allow for to many people to cheat. How ever the Clinton approach was closest to the best in my opinion, he helped to create an environment where everybody that wanted to work could get a job. His welfare to work program, raising taxes on the very rich and reinvesting it in the poor without giving it to them might be something that needs to be looked into closer. Education is an influence on poverty. Everybody needs to be something whether it is a taxi driver or a doctor everybody has potential for something.
243266
The United Nations is weak, indeed. The weakness of the organization stems from the widespread corruption throughout its ranks.\n\nMany of the UN's poorer members (as well as many of its socialist members) view it as an opportunity for wealth redistribution. Take a look at the amount of money contributed by each member nation versus the benefits received by each member nation. I am not saying that helping poorer countries is bad. Indeed, every nation should help out as much as they can. However, help should be voluntary and not forced through the United Nations.\n\nMany top individuals are corrupt, including the Secretary General. If you think the US government is corrupt regarding some of the defense no-bid contracts, you should look up what goes on in the United Nations. Not only are no-bid contracts common, NOBODY can summon the records. When an investigation becomes necessary, it is always conducted by UN members who find no wrongdoing. The company that Kofi Annan's son works for received numerous such contracts.\n\nThese are things that I certainly DO NOT want my tax dollars paying for.\n\nNOTE FOR EMILYROSE: An organization for peace is certainly a worthy goal. But when diplomatic options have failed, the UN has shown in recent history that they have nothing to back up their resolutions. Iraq thumbed its nose at the UN for a decade before something was done - and it wasn't the UN that did it. Countless resolutions regarding the Palestinian state and Israel have been passed (some for and some against each state). Each government laughs them off. Iran is now thumbing its nose at the UN. We'll see what happens. If the United Nations is not willing to go to war to back up the resolutions of the international community, they should disband and all go home because nothing will ever get accomplished. Kind of like what is happening now.
1014656
The answer is simple on undebatible, the war against militant Islamics effects more people in more places then anything else.  If we fail, the results for our future generations will be dreadful.\n\nI have to sidetrack here and respond to an answer previously given by se_rodd\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n  The most important thing going on right now is the AIDS epidemic in Africa. The numbers are staggering on how much the continent of Africa is destroyed by the virus. What is more staggering is that the only thing needed to preven this is money. Instead the US would rather use its money to fighting an injust war instead of saving lives. \n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\nWhy the @#%# is Africa our responsibilty?  We give more money to Africa then all other nations combined.  And this is not enough for you?  What would happen in the worst case scenario and every single person living in Africa died from Aids, I don't see what the world would miss all that much.  What is the great importance of a continent full of people who can't even master the use of a condom.
830765
People on aid can get cash, food stamps, medical, and housing help. The amount of cash and food stamps all depends on thwe amount of dependents they have.\nIt should be monitored how long they stay on aid. It should be just until they get on thier feet and not be years.
259008
We loan out billions of dollars to other countries and most of them never pay us back...Thus we are in debt..if we can recover some it would help...but we don't seem to enforce it much.
350219
How about all the money we spend on foreign aid?\nHow about home-aid, for more Kool-aid.\nPersonally, I'm broke.
1007516
The problem is that many African countries don't have functioning governmental institutions.  Sending money might help alleviate problems temporarily, but until they have more stable institutions and social welfare programs, governments can't be effective in helping their people.  Another problem is that many African countries have outrageous amounts of debt, so this plus unstable economies (that part is sort of a chicken and egg kind of thing) make it really difficult for these governments to become more stable and to provide and maintain public goods.
783381
I am assuming you mean the Treaty of Versailles that ended WW1.  In that case it was ineffective because:\n\n1)  the monetary punishment of Germany and the other belligerent powers bankrupted them.  When countries and peoples have nothing left to lose, they must cast their lot with strong governments that will care for them in crisis. The Fascist governments that arose in the 20's and 30's are a result of the hopelessness of the people and their willingness to believe in omnipotent governments.\n\n2)  one of the main causes of the war was the disintegrating power of empires.  The German, Austo-Hungarian, and Ottoman empires could no longer hold together their centrifugal territories and possessions.  The war and the ToV removed these powers, but did not replace them with anything.  Peoples who had never been free suddenly were faced with having to make democratic choices, which they were unable to do, and strong forces, not necessarily just or benevolent forces, swept in to unite these groups of people that were suddenly left "empire-less."\n\n3)  Although the ToV dictated disarmament of the hostile powers, there was no method of verification and no punishments dictated for failure to comply.  As a result, when Germany began to re-arm, no one knew what to do.\n\n4)  Although this was not specifically the fault of the ToV or the signatories, the Great Depression bankrupt the victorious powers.  They could not enforce the provisions of the treaty, even if they had wanted to.  As a result, because Great Britain, the US, and France were so poor, they could not have fielded armies to stop Germany in 1933.\n\n5)  The League of Nations provided a false sense of security for the allied powers.  The belief in "peace in our time" and "the war to end all wars" was so strong that as a people, we were unwilling to admit that there was still evil and belligerence in the world, especially in conquered Europe.  We "showed them the ignorance of their ways" and put a deliberative body in place to settle disagreements before the use of force was necessary, so that strict governmental oversight was not enforced.\n\n6)  The ToV ended the war too early.  Triple Entente forces never crossed onto German soil, so it was easy for follow on governments to claim the war was never really lost.  Without an occupation and rebuilding, many Germans did not believe the war actually to be lost.
147211
The system for child welfare in africa is horridly corrupted. The best solution is NOT TO SEND MONEY. Sending money allows for easy corruption. If you are going to send any aid, it should be in it's natural form: food, blankets, vaccines, books, etc. the best help would be through education, to teach the children and their parents how to stabilize their situation and economy. Teach them how to grow their own food, and create their own industry. This impowers the people to take care of themselves, rather than relying on corrupt leaders, etc.
1148264
when we waste anything it should be use to help people that are below poverty\nfor example,\n\nNow we find out that FEMA, the lead federal agency, wasted about $1 billion — money that could have gone to hurricane victims who really needed it.\n\nNeed me to say more?\nread link below
1024176
Stop giving them money and aid. Foreign aid gives those likely to be corrupt an object to their corruption.
1134197
By everything, what do you mean?  I look at things this way.  I give you a lot of money "foreign aide" and by golly there is going to be something in return for me, or at least I am going to monitor it.  You want government aid, expect to be touched by the hands of the government.  So if you don't want any part of the government, support yourself, expect nothing from your government, follow all the laws,pay your taxes and there shouldn't be a problem.  But know that you won't have anyone to blame if you fail.