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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

technical assistance, corruption, developing countries, foreign aid

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Political Science

Abstract

Although bilateral and multilateral aid donors have given away hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign aid, it is still unclear whether providing loans and launching major development projects in poor countries can really cause economic growth, helping these countries to provide for their own needs. Technical assistance is a unique type of foreign aid: instead of giving low income countries money to spend on development projects, donors provide their own experts to consult with governments, plan future development projects, or supervise the completion of current projects. Instead of providing physical resources for projects, donors give of their knowledge and organizational expertise to build up struggling governments or assist with technical projects when recipient countries lack training and skills.

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