War-zone aid 'fuels more conflicts'

[Christoph]

Billions of dollars of aid spent in post-war reconstruction across the globe creates political instability and violence, according to a controversial new study.

The research, carried out in the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans for Tiri, a new British NGO dedicated to encouraging transparency and democracy in developing countries, will fuel the debate over whether established ways of delivering aid are failing.

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in Iraq and Afghanistan, where ineffective rebuilding plans have been beset by problems with corruption;

in Sri Lanka following the tsunami, where the distribution of aid has contributed to the restarting of the civil war; and

in the reconstruction of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, where more than $1-billion in aid has already been wasted.



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