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GCSE Geography · key term
Money, goods, technology or expertise provided to help people meet immediate needs or support longer-term development.
Used by AQA and Edexcel
Paper 2
Revise: Reducing the Development GapInvestment can create jobs and infrastructure; aid can meet urgent needs or improve services; small-scale schemes can help households build reliable incomes. These approaches often work together rather than acting as alternatives.
Specification 5.6 · Paper 2
Resources or assistance provided to support people or development, rather than as payment for traded goods or services.
Revise: International Trade and Aid PatternsAid is assistance intended to support people or development, rather than payment for an export. A donor provides assistance and a recipient receives it. Aid can include money, equipment, food or specialist support.
For a country-specific answer, name its trading partners, traded goods or services, and aid programmes rather than relying on general definitions.
Distinguish an aid programme’s aims from its demonstrated results. Development finance is not necessarily a gift.
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