International aid is a voluntary transfer of resources from one country to another. I disagree with the given statement that governments should not give aid to poor countries if there are underprivileged people within their own country. I believe that the developing and developed countries should always step forward to help the impoverished countries.
My first argument is that if unemployment and homelessness are the criteria for not giving aid, then there would be no support on humanitarian grounds at all. Some degree of unemployment and homelessness is there even in the most developed countries such as the USA and the UK. If such nations stop giving aid, then there would be no one to help the poverty stricken world. For instance, according to statistics of 2013, nearly 6% people in the USA were unemployed, but aid given by the USA was $30 billion approximately. Even the developing countries such as India have allocated some part of their budget for foreign aid.
Secondly, most aid indirectly helps the donor country, such as for resource extraction from the recipient country or to gain some commercial access. For example, the MNCs opened in India as a part of foreign assistance, no doubt, are providing jobs to many youngsters, but in fact is paying them much less than what they have to pay their own country’s employees. Many foreign companies have opened their retail outlets in India because India is a strong commercial market due to its burgeoning population. Therefore, aid works as a win-win situation for both the giver and the taker countries.
Furthermore, in emergencies or natural calamities such as earthquakes and tsunamis, all nations should come forward and help. Aid need not be monetary; it can be in the form of volunteer workers or providing goods needed by the affected people. Such help should be given even if there are situations within the nation needing attention. This also strengthens relations between countries.
To sum up, I reiterate my opinion saying that all countries should help by giving foreign aid, even if there are problems of unemployment and homelessness within them.
International
aid
is a voluntary transfer of resources from one
country
to another. I disagree with the
given
statement that
governments
should not give
aid
to poor
countries
if there
are underprivileged
people
within their
own
country
. I believe that the developing and developed
countries
should always step forward to
help
the impoverished countries.
My
first
argument is that if unemployment and homelessness are the criteria for not giving
aid
, then there would be no support on humanitarian grounds at all.
Some
degree of unemployment and homelessness is there even in the most developed
countries
such as the USA and the UK. If such nations
stop
giving
aid
, then there would be no one to
help
the
poverty stricken
world.
For instance
, according to statistics of 2013,
nearly
6%
people
in the USA
were unemployed
,
but
aid
given
by the USA was $30 billion approximately. Even the developing
countries
such as India have allocated
some
part of their budget for
foreign
aid.
Secondly
, most
aid
indirectly
helps
the donor
country
, such as for resource extraction from the recipient
country
or to gain
some
commercial access.
For example
, the
MNCs
opened in India as a part of
foreign
assistance, no doubt, are providing jobs to
many
youngsters,
but
in fact is paying them much less than what they
have to
pay their
own
country’s
employees.
Many
foreign
companies
have opened their retail outlets in India
because
India is a strong commercial market due to its burgeoning population.
Therefore
,
aid
works as a win-win situation for both the giver and the taker countries.
Furthermore
, in emergencies or natural calamities such as earthquakes and tsunamis, all nations should
come
forward and
help
.
Aid
need not be monetary; it can be in the form of volunteer workers or providing
goods
needed by the
affected
people
. Such
help
should be
given
even if there are situations within the nation needing attention. This
also
strengthens relations between countries.
To sum up, I reiterate my opinion saying that all
countries
should
help
by giving
foreign
aid
, even if there are problems of unemployment and homelessness within them.