Impact of Foreign Aid on National Development

ABSTRACT: Global concerns to eradicate poverty is a basic need for aid intervention. In recent years aid intervention in Nigeria has increased tremendously. The impact of aid intervention on National Development cannot be over emphasized. Foreign aid has direct forms such as economic aid, social aid, food and emergency aid with each having different motives. The focus of this study hinges on the impact of foreign Aid on National Development. Qualitative approach was adopted as method of data collection. The finding corroborate that though aid is not gratis it has more positive impact on national development.
KEY WORDS: Global, Poverty, aid, Foreign, national development.