Whats Australias Response

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Whats Australias Response?

• Development Assistance

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• Development Assistance the transfer of money,
  goods, skills and food from developed to less
  developed countries.

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• Australia presently ranks 4th out of 174
  countries in terms of the HDI (source UNDP).

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http//hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2003/indicator/
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• So
• Australia has an obligation to help other
  countries in need, particularly nearby countries
  in SE Asia and Oceania.

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• So whats it doing about it?
• Currently, 0.30 of Australias GNP goes into
  ODA.
• Compare that to military expenditure of 1.9
• ODA (official development assistance) all
  assistance be government

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How much aid does Australia give? The Australian
Government will provide 2.491 billion on
Official Development Assistance (ODA) in
2005-2006, an increase of 358 million over the
2004-2005 figure of 2.133 billion and a real
increase of over 11.7. The ratio of Australia's
ODA to Gross National Income (GNI) for 2005-2006
is estimated at 0.28. Which countries receive
Australian aid? Australia Government aid is
focussed on the Asia Pacific region. Over 80 of
Australia's aid activities are conducted through
bilateral aid partnerships with 45 countries in
the Asia Pacific. It provides selective
assistance to Africa and the Middle East through
international and non-government
organisations. The top six countries for
Australia Government aid in 2005-06 (in millions
of dollars) Papua New Guinea 492.3 Solomon
Islands 246.8 Indonesia 301.8 Vietnam
77.3Philippines 63.7China 46.2
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• According to AusAID (the Federal Governments
  department for ODA), the average Australian
  contributes 1.80 of their weekly wage to ODA.
• Thats a loaf of bread.

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What types of assistance exist?

• Multi-lateral assistance from many types of
  international bodies, such as
• UNDP
• World Bank
• IMF (International Monetary Fund)
• Asian Development Bank

Country in need
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What types of assistance exist?

• Bilateral assistance from one government to
  another.

Developed country
Country in need
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What types of assistance exist?

• NGO (Non Government Organisations) Independent
  organisations (not affiliated with the
  government) dedicated to assist developing
  countries.
• World Vision
• Compassion International
• Australian Lutheran World Service
• Community Aid Abroad
• Amnesty International
• Save the Children

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Macro to micro

• In the past, organisations and international
  bodies have provided money to governments of
  developing countries in the hope that these funds
  would trickle down to the poor.

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Poverty Focused Projects

• There is a shift towards poverty-focused
  projects which involve the empowerment of the
  people themselves in the design of appropriate
  development projects.
• This guarantees that assistance gets to the
  people and is not lost or filtered through
  corrupt leadership.