And if you were to find four words most used to oppose NGO international development agencies and Official Development Assistance (ODA) it would be "Charity Begins at Home". The announced USAID exemptions for - non-food - aid to Gaza, were $78 million and $156 million for the Red Cross's work. There is the recurrent claim that development aid doesn't work because it hasn't jump-started the economies of poor countries. Dealing with a wide range of problems, development aid, which encompasses many different and vital interventions, makes a major contribution to human well-being. As a result the mix of international development aid needed to reduce poverty is complex.
