A/ Which of the following criticisms of aid is the least accurate?
1Foreign aid is often abused by corrupt officials, and can even give rise to increased corruption as the potential benefits are greater.
2Foreign aid reduces a country’s competitiveness in the international marketplace and may even reduce its level of development, as it damages domestic industries and leads to dependence on imports.
3While tied aid can be limited in its effectiveness, conditional aid (which comes with recommended policies and projects from donor countries) has proven successful at combining foreign development expertise with foreign aid.
4Economically more developed countries have pledged to provide at least 0.7% of their GNIs for aid, but few do so.
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