Does giving international aid sometimes cause more harm than good?
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Hello topical talkers.
My answer is actually yes and no at the same time. Giving aid to countries can cause some horrible things and also can cause marvellous things.
Why is aid helpful?
Giving international aid to other countries can be extremely magnefisent since it has many pros. First of all, aid is the help that is provided to countries that have economic disaters, wars, terrorism, conflicts or even natural disasters. Aid are given to countries to provide them the perfect opportunity to solve their economic calamities. It is like a country which is being a hard wall for another country until it is strong. Aid can guarantee citizens with their own rights like clean water, food, shelter and medicines (health care). For example, Botswana is a primary example. It was helped by aid, furthermore, as you see now, it is a successful country with a stronger nation and a resilient public health system.
Why is aid harmful?
Giving international aid to other countries can be harmful and terrible since it has many cons. Giving aid can reduce the security in a country. For example, If country A gives country B a lot of aid, country A can have low amount of money to spend on its military and defence consequently this can decrease the safety and security in country A. Is it reasonable to care about other countries rather that caring about your country's borders or the security given to the citizens? Secondly, aid can be useless when the poor countries become dependent. A country like Sudan became dependent since it was just provided with aid. Sudan does not enhance its economy because it is depending on aid. If aid was stopped in Sudan, a lot of peopel will get harmed because they are relying on aid.
Conclusion
I beleive that countries which are getting aid must work hard on their economy to enhance it besides countries that provide aid to other countries must make a balance between the money spent on the security and the money that is spent on the aid given to other countries
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