ODA

The Official development assistance (ODA) has been created as a mean to help countries in course of development or the countries which were in a state of crisis. Subsequent to the World War II, the organization has been formed with the motive of stopping eastern European countries from being drawn into the communist block due to their poverty. Initially, the ODA has been regarded as being beneficial for the respective countries and for the world generally. However, in time, the organization has attracted some criticism, as it has been revealed that the foreign aid the ODA gives is often conditioned.

In order for ODA to aid countries in need of assistance, most of the donor countries clearly state that the country which is assisted should only buy products from where the assistance is provided. One can understand that the donor country is meaning to get some advantages for the fact that it provides assistance. but, in fact, this condition forces the poor country into spending the small amount of money that it receives on more expensive resources. Moreover, the respective country cannot control the money that is being donated to it.

Another factor which leads people into regarding the ODA aid as being unethical is that the U.S. And other well developed countries used the money that they claim is for the helping of poor countries for their own needs. As a result, more of the money meant for helping undeveloped countries returns to the donor countries instead of being spent for the purposes that it had been intended to.

Even with some countries having been provided assistance from the ODA for several years now, there is no tangible proof to demonstrate it.

Works Cited

Shah, Anup. 2008. U.S. And Foreign Aid Assistance. Global Issues. http://www.globalissues.org/article/35/us-and-foreign-aid-assistance (accesed 9 December 2008)