The Effects of War and Peace on Foreign Aid
Carla Gayle
Professor Saroukhanian
SOC 300
2/4/17
The Effects of War and Peace on Foreign Aid
Dictionary.com defines a developing nation as “A nation where the average income is much lower than in industrial nations, where the economy relies on a few export crops, and where farming is conducted by primitive methods. In many developing nations, rapid population growth threatens the supply of food. Developing nations have also been called underdeveloped nations. Most of them are in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. (See also Third World.)” (2005, Houghton Mifflin Company).
An example of a developing nation is Afghanistan. Wars started in Afghanistan in 2001 and did not end until the end of 2014. Even after the war was over there were still tremendous problems in the country. The war was to attack AL Qaeda and taking the power from the Taliban.
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Some of the issues include social issues, growth issues, and health issues. Afghanistan is actually an underdeveloped country. Afghanistan’s economy is built with help from other countries.
War and peace have several effects on the distribution of foreign aid. When a country is constantly at war it causes issues with not having enough security, not having enough food, not having enough water, and not having the basic thing that are needed to survive. In Afghanistan foreign aid is needed to help stabilize the