The bilateral aid model also deserves to be reexamined entirely. Many people believe that bilateral aid is strings-attached and essentially a foreign policy instrument. An apolitical understanding of the power of money will only perpetuate poverty and maintain the international development sector as a conduit of neo-imperialism.
As our sector increasingly acknowledges the colonial history and neocolonial model it is built on, we need to start viewing monies raised in the global north not as charity or aid but as solidarity and support. We must first decolonize our own spaces by transferring decision-making on financial allocation and use to the global south.