The Impacts of Foreign Aid on Tuvalu's Education Sector: Case on Achieving Education for All in Tuvalu Program Funded by Australia 2011-2016

• Main Author: Elise Melenoa Lusama
• Other Authors: CHOW, W. EMILY
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2019
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/js9weq

碩士 === 銘傳大學 === 國際事務碩士學位學程 === 107 === Aid is a big part of the world’s development co-operation effort and there are two types of aids; (1) Humanitarian Aid and (2) Development Aid. This study focuses on the most common development aid known as Official Development Aid (ODA). ODA promotes economic development and welfare of developing countries, and it is seen as a “gold standard” of foreign aid. This thesis uses a case on Achieving Education for All in Tuvalu Program (AEfATP) funded by the Australian government to evaluate the impacts of foreign aid in Tuvalu’s education sector. The evaluation of the impacts of foreign aid focuses on the studied program’s success and failure status, as well as local’s perspective regarding the program and foreign aid in general. The study uses a qualitative methodology through in-depth interviews to obtain data and clarifications. The researcher found out that positive impacts of the studied program outweighs the negative impacts. The results show that the donor was able to assist and bridge the gaps of Tuvalu’s education sector. The funded program was able to provide financial assistance, improve education quality, improve school standards, provide of human resources, and established a functional information system (TEMIS) for Tuvalu’s education sector. Moreover, the researcher has also uncovered several setbacks and mishaps that have hindered the success of the studied program. It includes: misuse of funds, conditions in the agreement, conflict with third party, unable to meet the requirement of the funders, poor governance, poor management, manipulated data, and recruiting issue. Overall, the quality of the program is very minimal but its contribution to Tuvalu’s education sector made an adequate difference in the manner of materialistic needs of the sector.