Q Roxanne Doty in her book Imperial Encounters: The Politics of Representation in North-South Relations (1996, 129) states that "[f]oreign aid enables the administration of poverty, the surveillance and management of the poor." Do you agree with this statement? Is foreign aid a technique that the great powers use to discipline and dominate the less developed countries? Or is foreign aid simply "the result of humanitarian concerns related to alleviating poverty, fostering economic development, and promoting democracy" (Doty 1996, 128-129). Make sure that you refer to postcolonial theory in some meaningful way in the course of answering these questions.
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