Public health clinic in San Francisco El Alto, Totonucapan, Guatemala. Photo courtesy of Simon Burchell on Wikimedia Commons.
By Carlos Schmidt
Aid & Development Columnist
Harvard College Global Health Review
Over the last two decades, China has increased its foreign aid contributions and quickly become the biggest donor to Africa. However, Chinese foreign aid comes with no strings attached and, as the British government warned, ?the unconditional aid and cheap loans to African governments risks driving back into debt countries, [?] and undermines efforts to create democratic and accountable administrations.?[1]
Development has become increasingly complicated and diverse. Inevitably, as the case of China demonstrates, accountability and efficiency have fallen. Countries are placing more emphasis on providing aid for the sake of attention as ?humanitarians,? rather than actually helping emerging nations develop.
However, contrary to the Chinese scheme, Sweden focuses on building an equal partnership with its more than 100 recipients in order to create long-lasting, substantial development. Managed by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), Sweden?s foreign aid programme can serve as an example to not only China, but the rest of the world.
Read the full article here:
Lessons from Sweden: Establishing a Strong Framework for Health Development
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- China?s foreign aid white paper: a victory for the aid transparency?
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