Rozvojová spolupráce a pomoc Evropské unie vybraným zemím Afriky

Abstract

The topic of this bachelor’s thesis deals with the development assistance and EU cooperation with selected countries. The aim of the bachelor’s thesis is to find out whether the standards of living have increased in the selected African countries which are recipients of official aid. The African continent was chosen to fulfil the aim of the thesis because almost the entire continent is regarded as developing, more precisely 3 countries – Angola, Ethiopia and Zambia. Descriptive analysis and comparative method are used to analyze the situation in the particular countries. In this thesis we have come to conclusion that both the share of official development assistance (ODA) and the share of European Union means are increasingly getting significant and the trend is, with few exceptions, increasing. Further more, the selected economies have reached positive results both in the economic sphere and the health service. The chosen indicators have shown the trends in the number of the HIV/AIDS infected or the access to sanitary facilities. The thesis asserts that the standard of living in the selected countries is growing. It also points to the fact that to help is not useless and that with every single saved life or with every extra dollar the countries move towards our developed world.