Across
- 1. agencies organizations that provide assistance during crises or development efforts
- 4. aid help given to save lives and alleviate suffering, often during crises
- 6. overflowing of water onto land, often causing widespread damage
- 8. aid financial or technical help provided to support economic growth and development
- 11. countries or groups that receive aid
- 13. reduction efforts aimed at improving the economic well-being of the poor
- 17. basic physical systems and structures like roads, water supply, and power
- 18. extreme scarcity of food affecting large populations
- 19. abundance of valuable resources or money
- 20. willing to give aid or resources freely
- 21. disasters catastrophic events like floods, earthquakes, or hurricanes
- 23. development process by which a nation improves its economic, political, and social well-being
Down
- 2. projects planned initiatives aimed at improving living conditions or economic capacity
- 3. technology appropriate, affordable, and locally manageable technology used in development
- 5. development assistance (ODA) government aid designed to promote the economic development of developing countries
- 7. money initial funding used to start a project or enterprise
- 8. countries nations that provide aid to other countries
- 9. relief urgent assistance provided during or after a disaster
- 10. groups organizations that attempt to influence policies related to aid or development
- 12. widespread outbreaks of infectious disease
- 14. organizations (NGOs) independent organizations working on humanitarian or development issues
- 15. capable of working successfully or being sustained
- 16. violent shaking of the ground caused by tectonic movements
- 22. aid aid that must be spent on goods or services from the donor country
- 24. failure when agricultural yields are significantly lower than expected
