Right - it&#x27;s a Western charity, but I&#x27;m asking - is it just solving a liquidity issue by pumping in the money?  And if so, is the effect that different than if a central bank had done this?<p>I buy the &quot;You need foreign currency as a country to purchase imports&quot; point, but if we are talking about local money to support local demand, how is sending $30mm in, and exchanging it for local currency for local projects that different than the government just printing that same amount of local money?<p>There are inflationary effects of printing large amounts of money, but wouldn&#x27;t this exist if you imported the same amount of money?<p>I recently reread the babysitting co-op story [0] and it got me thinking about these monetary implications.<p>Please note that I do agree that &quot;giving people general support, and let them figure out what to do with it&quot; is largely better than &quot;I know what you need, so let me provide it for you&quot; aid.  II&#x27;m just working through the mechanics of this.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Capitol_Hill_Babysitting_Co-op" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Capitol_Hill_Babysitting_Co-op</a>