economic assistance

Monetary support given

Economic assistance is support provided to help with financial needs, typically from governments or international organizations to other nations or communities.

It includes grants, loans, and technical aid aimed at promoting development or recovery: The country received economic assistance after the earthquake.

Also called economic aid or foreign aid when crossing national borders.

Opposites
aid vs. harm

economic assistanceeconomic sanctions

Punitive international trade restrictions

economic warfare · economic exploitation · trade embargo · financial sanctions · economic blockade

type of intervention

economic assistancemilitary intervention

Use of troops abroad

military occupation · military force · gunboat diplomacy · hard power · military action

engagement vs. isolation

economic assistanceeconomic isolation

Severing external trade ties

economic blockade · trade sanctions · economic boycott · economic embargo · disinvestment

Family

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