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Debt cancellation: the wrong signal for fighting poverty
(Opinions)
13-06-2005
by Yambwa, Nziya Jean-Pierre
Defining poverty varies and depends from one place to another, from one time to another and from one year to another, from household to another… A poor person in my village, Kpala, owns land, has shelter, eats fresh food but does not have health...
Debt Relief for Poor Countries
(Opinions)
19-04-2005
by ADEBARI ADEOLU
As the world’s poorest countries continue to see their external debts rise to a situation where debt servicing and interest payments are struggling for attention as with needed investment for good healthcare delivery, road construction,...
Foreign Aid: Rich Countries’s Promises and Actions
(Opinions)
22-06-2005
by Ajit Rai
There is no denying the fact that pure foreign aid – as opposed to the so-called foreign aid provided with some kind of vested interest by the rich countries – help the poorest countries accelerate the pace of their economic development....
In the name of international aid
(Opinions)
3-09-2007
by Harini Dias Bandaranayake
Having been a part of an international organization for humanitarian relief work, I have come to mature in my thinking of the world’s ways, views and sadly- have also come to feel somewhat jaded about the modus operandi of the monster mechanism of...
Should Africa Rely on the World Bank for her development?
(Opinions)
5-10-2007
by lutatinisibwa
On Wednesday 12th August, I was among the few Tanzanian college and university students who attended the global seminar series at the Tanzania Global Development Learning Centre (TGDLC) under the World Bank’s sponsorship. On that day we heard from...
The weak link between International Aid and International Development
(Opinions)
28-03-2007
by Fiona McKenzie
“Foreign aid in different times and different places has been highly effective, totally ineffective, and everything in between. Perhaps that is to be expected in a complex endeavour that has spanned half a century, with scores of countries as...
Why does New Zealand give so little aid?
(Opinions)
19-04-2007
by Fiona McKenzie
In two months, I’m leaving New Zealand to study Development Management in London and this is because I’m passionate about eliminating poverty in my lifetime. Not just alleviating it, but eliminating it completely.
Recently, Sir Bob Geldof,...
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