Bilateral Aid Analysis

95). Western advocates would argue that, not only has globalization advanced technological networks but also helped African countries to engage in international trade, as a result boosted their economies.
Would a transformation of the ideological structure (harmonized, hybrid of ideological values) of aid, foster a positive impact on Africa’s responsiveness to aid?
This section will unpack the fourth objective through conception of bilateral and multilateral aid, which explains who offers aid, how many institutions are involved and the ideological root, aid was founded on.
Development should have been, “the war against global poverty, starting from the recognition that it is an investment not only in the development of poor nations but
Naturally, the donor has absolute control over the implementation of that aid within the recipient country. These objectives may be either transparent or subliminal patterns of aid disbursement. Under this objective, the donor offers aid as “subsidized credit for the purchase of its exports” (Nwokediuko, 2003). Hence, international donors justify aid budgets by arguing that they, “promote their commercial objectives and exports” (Nwokediuko, 2003). Unfortunately the recipient is most likely unaware of the hidden costs. Bilateral aid is then directed by liberal realism which stipulates that, actors are working to serve their self-interests and paying allegiance to
Why then would the Bank emphasize on a conducive political environment or impose democracy on the recipient country? The Regan Administration 1981 seemed candid about its contempt on the Bank’s inadequacy to reflect United States’ foreign policy interests. The Bank held in contempt, “the U.S congress sometimes opposes allocations for multilateral institutions because they believe that funds are made available to countries that actively oppose the United States or that have socialist, state-controlled economic systems” (Hoy, 1999: