http://voxeu.org/ Reported here by: SPMG, 6 August 2009
Aid critics have recently been blaming aid as the source of Africa’s poverty. This column explains how Africa has long been struggling with rural poverty, tropical diseases, illiteracy, and lack of infrastructure and that the right solution is to help address these critical needs through transparent and targeted public and private investments. This includes both more aid and more market financing. It refers to D. Moyo and her recent book “Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How there is a Better Way for Africa” see http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dambisa-moyo/aid-ironies-a-response-to_b_207772.html
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commentary
Tags: africa, firm, global, individual, macro, moral, united states
As part of its commitment to increase spending on overseas development assistance, the Australian government has announced a substantial re-engagement with Africa. Despite the anticipated increase in funding, however, Australia will still be a small player in Africa’s crowded development community More»
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commentary
Tags: africa, australia, global
www.ted.com Reported here by: SPMG , 10 April 2009
Ory Okolloh tells the story of her life and her family — and how she came to do her heroic work reporting on the doings of Kenya’s parliament. Ory Okolloh maintains the blog Mzalendo on Kenya’s parliament — information once unavailable to Kenyan citizens.
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briefing
Tags: africa, global, individual
www.ted.com Reported here by: SPMG, 10 April 2009
Novogratz founded and leads Acumen Fund, a nonprofit that takes a businesslike approach to improving the lives of the poor. She tells a moving story of an encounter in a Nairobi slum with Jane, a former prostitute, whose dreams of escaping poverty, of becoming a doctor and of getting married were fulfilled in an unexpected way.
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briefing
Tags: africa, global, individual