Abstract: The 21st century has witnessed renewed political interest on aid issues. The trend is attributed to the realisation that addressing critical problems such as extreme poverty, child mortality, poor education, gender equality, maternal health and spread of diseases like HIV call for increased transfer of resources from wealthy to poor nations. However, the current global pandemic, COVID-19, has led aid donation at its peak as developed states are the most affected leading to the borrowing of loans and grants so as provide for its people. This leads to the question on if the developed nations are borrowing loans from monetary institutions such as the World Bank for survival then how are they still able to send funds to developing states at such a time as this, or could there be a hidden agenda. The purpose of this paper is to present a discussion of these concepts from existing literature on International development assistance, the motives for giving aid; various types of development assistance; foreign aid policies of key developed countries and donor institutions and agencies; the problems and opportunities associated with foreign aid.
Keywords: Aid, Donors, COVID-19, Myth.
Title: THE MYTH OF THE COVID-19 AID TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A CASE OF KENYA
Author: Rono, I., Maina, A., Charo, P., Magoiga, E., Gisore, B.
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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