Poor people need aid but it needs to be targeted and the structures that perpetuate global inequality must also be tackled, says Natasha Adams.
Filed in: Africa Aid Food Hunger NGOs Poverty United Kingdom
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Should India still receive foreign aid?
NGO director Jamal Kidwai and activist and writer Praful Bidwai go head-to-head - read their arguments and join the debate.
- New Internationalist
- May 1, 2012
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The flip side to Bill Gates' charity billions
Microsoft’s former CEO has made massive donations to global health programmes but an investigation by Andrew Bowman reveals some unpleasant side-effects.
Filed in: Aid Development Ethics NGOs Wealth
- Andrew Bowman
- April 1, 2012
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Letter from Botswana: ET is not an alien
New columnist Lauri Kubuitsile introduces dry and dusty Mahalapye- a town that has stolen her heart.
- Lauri Kubuitsile
- March 1, 2012
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Haiti two years on: beyond relief, beyond belief
Haiti is not just recovering from the earthquake but from the political and economic interventions of recent decades, as Phillip Wearne explains.
- Phillip Wearne
- January 1, 2012
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Haiti: where did all the money go?
More than $10 billion was raised worldwide for Haiti after the earthquake. But, two years on, what have NGOs done with the cash? Nick Harvey investigates.
- Nick Harvey
- January 1, 2012
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Should foreign investment replace aid for Africa?
Donu Kogbara and Dereje Alemayehu go head to head - join the debate in this month’s Argument.
- New Internationalist
- September 1, 2011
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Trade Justice
What is it? Vanessa Baird embarks upon a journey of discovery.
Filed in: Aid Fair Trade Trade
- Vanessa Baird
- April 1, 2006
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Introducing.. The Great Tradomino!
A famous illusionist reveals tricks of the trade.
Filed in: Aid Fair Trade Trade
- April 1, 2006
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The big charity bonanza
Big international non-governmental organizations (bingos) are getting bigger but not better. David Ransom argues for a change of direction.
Filed in: Aid Development
- David Ransom
- October 1, 2005
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Charity or justice
Part of the solution or part of the problem? Mark Curtis takes issue with bingo politics.
- Mark Curtis
- October 1, 2005
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