ROLE OF FOREIGN AID IN PROMOTING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FOREIGN AIDS PROGGRAMMES IN NIGERIA
Keywords:
Foreign aid, community development, effectiveness of foreign aid and the importance of foreign aidAbstract
This paper examined role of foreign aid in the promoting community development in Nigeria: An analysis of the effectiveness of foreign Aids programmes. Foreign aid refers to the financial and technical assistance provided by one country or organization to another country. Community development refers to the process of improving the economic, social and cultural well-being of people living in a particular community. This paper looked at the background of foreign aid, importance of foreign aid in promoting community development, effectiveness of foreign aid programmes promoting community development, the impact of foreign aid on community development, factors that contribute to effectiveness of foreign aid programmes in promoting community development and the challenges and limitations of foreign aid programmes in promoting community development. Suggestions were made to improve foreign aid programmes in Nigeria.