24 February 2011

Good sentences

If I had a nickel for every time someone said to me, “I don’t think we should spend money helping starving people because I don’t give a toss about them,” I wouldn’t have any nickels at all.

Owen Barder on why we don’t need to make the case for development; we need to make the case for aid effectiveness.

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  2. Reducing the proportion of aid ineffectiveness would also help.

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