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Aid Recipients, Global Development Cooperation and the Sustainable Development Goals

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No Poverty

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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Development aid; Donor-aid recipient relationship; Global development; Poverty reduction; Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Definition

“Aid recipients” are defined as the group of countries in the world that receive development aid from the donor nations and multilateral organizations in order to reduce their poverty situations. If a particular country becomes the ultimate destination of any short-term humanitarian aid or long-term development assistance from the donor bodies, then it can be termed as an “aid-recipient” country. Many nations in the world are not exclusively developed or underdeveloped, and the recipients of development aid can be a combination of both. In fact, some countries are both significant providers and recipients of development assistance. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has identified Turkey and Thailand as such countries (OECD 2020a). However, the needy developing or least-developed countries are primarily...

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    Md Shahidulla Kaiser

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    Anabela Marisa Azul

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    Luciana Brandli

  4. HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

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  5. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökcin Özuyar

  6. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

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Kaiser, M.S. (2020). Aid Recipients, Global Development Cooperation and the Sustainable Development Goals. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Özuyar, P.G., Wall, T. (eds) No Poverty. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69625-6_84-1

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