Christoph
25-09-06, 19:00
As African aid starts to trickle through, Heather Stewart asks leading figures on the front line of the development debate the $2.3 trillion question
Sunday September 24, 2006
The Guardian
Yes: 'It's not reaching the poor'
Half a century of trying to 'save' the developing world from poverty with $2.3 trillion of aid has failed, according to a hard-hitting new book from former World Bank economist William Easterly.
While Gordon Brown and Bono may persuade rich countries to stump up more cash, it won't help the people who need it until the West changes its patronising, post-colonial approach, he says.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1879539,00.html
Sunday September 24, 2006
The Guardian
Yes: 'It's not reaching the poor'
Half a century of trying to 'save' the developing world from poverty with $2.3 trillion of aid has failed, according to a hard-hitting new book from former World Bank economist William Easterly.
While Gordon Brown and Bono may persuade rich countries to stump up more cash, it won't help the people who need it until the West changes its patronising, post-colonial approach, he says.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1879539,00.html