aid

  transfer of resources from a donor to a recipient. May be undertaken at a variety of scales usually under the following conditions:

  bilaterally between national governments. The donor will usually attach specific conditions both economic and political.

  multilaterally where donors contribute to an agency (e.g. World Bank) which then distributes to recipients again imposing political and economic conditions but at a system level.

  voluntary aid - charitable, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) generate income from collection campaigns in the donor country for use in smaller-scale often community level schemes in recipient countries. Usually not tied.