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Go off road trippin’
“Almost arrived. Car poorly” was the ominous text that landed in my inbox at the ungodly hour of 4:30 in the morning. As I walked out into the pre-dawn darkness, I was greeted by the sight of my co-driver pushing our noble steed down the road. One has to love traditional British understatement in... »
Development aid, Africa and the world is a bit more complex than that
This is written in response to Maddy Fry’s “Getting aid where it’s needed”, which I felt was inaccurate and misleading on many counts and written by a person who has no idea “about the current complexity reality of development aid”. Having worked in Africa all my life, and specifically in the development sector for nearly... »
Getting aid where it’s needed
There’s no escaping from the fact that aid-giving is one of the most polarized issues in current geopolitics. The debate on development aid being so polarized, between those who believe that all aid given to the Third World is a waste and those who believe that more, not less giving, is the answer. There... »
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