Foreign Aid and Global Poverty

Paper Summary:

This paper analyzes the United States' foreign aid policy and the issues of global poverty. It begins by describing the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) and their missions. It then looks at other forms of foreign aid and their contributions to relieving global poverty. The paper concludes that foreign aid policy is not a solution to global poverty.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
The World Trade Organization
The World Health Organization
Other forms of "Foreign Aid"

From the Paper:

"Finally, more actions are necessary on the part of larger international institutions if the problem regarding global poverty is ever to be solved. A few of the ways in which this could be resolved is to implement better negotiations and enforcement procedures at the WTO and WHO. Both organizations could adhere to narrower realistic goals within each of their organization's missions. These goals could be reviewed every year, and updated accordingly. For example, individual policies could be reviewed regarding import and export tariffs for agricultural products in an attempt to better regulate the sector. The WHO could begin with measures that would reduce illnesses in poor populations, with the end goal of creating a healthier population. Foreign aid policy needs to be amended to not only support the foreign aid contributor, but also must be in alignment with the developing country that is receiving the aid. Perhaps developing countries need better representation in the WTO and the WHO in order to make sure that foreign aid actually helps them. As a result, these and other organizations could take several actions to reduce world poverty."

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