CEVAP:

While foreign aid as an economic instrument of foreign policy was traditionally used extensively
by more developed and powerful countries, using “development aid” as an instrument of foreign policy has recently grew in quantity and coverage. Many developing countries are now using development aid to enhance their standing (prestige) in the international arena, to create zones of influence, to develop benefits and connections in various sub-regions of the world, to develop friendly relations in regions where they had no presence before, and to enhance effectiveness of their foreign policies in general. While larger development aid budgets are still used by the developed countries, such as the USAID programs, developing countries also started to use their limited resources more effectively for development aid, such as Turkey’s development aid to other developing countries and its TIKA-run projects.