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Transparency Results; More of the Same
10 Comments- Add comment Written on 30-Nov-2009 by kleinpicturesTransparency International shares their Corruptions Perceptions index for 2009. No surprise, the African continent fares the worst.
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Send to a friend Not only does charity need to change, so does African capitalism
5 Comments- Add comment Written on 29-Jul-2009 by kleinpicturesA new book, Architects of Poverty discusses the flawed capitalism practiced in the continent. "A stinging critique of African capitalism, describing how the powerful elite on the continent "sell off its assets to enrich the rest of the world". This phenomenon, first witnessed during the slave trade, has not stopped with the advent of independence." from the Mail & Guardian via Africa Unchained.
"Does U.S. foreign assistance really work?" by Oxfam and Foreign Policy
4 Comments- Add comment Written on 23-Jul-2009 by kleinpictures"International-development circles in Washington are abuzz with hope that U.S. foreign-aid policy might finally be getting a much-needed overhaul. Critics have long complained that U.S. assistance comes with too many conditions and that too much of the money goes to U.S. companies and consultants. But now, those same mumblings are coming from the government itself."
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Does U.S. foreign assistance really work? Oxfam and Foreign Policy Magazine
8 Comments- Add comment Written on 22-Jul-2009 by kleinpicturesForum last week with Foreign Policy and Oxfam: "International-development circles in Washington are abuzz with hope that U.S. foreign-aid policy might finally be getting a much-needed overhaul. Critics have long complained that U.S. assistance comes with too many conditions and that too much of the money goes to U.S. companies and consultants. But now, those same mumblings are coming from the government itself." Click to read the whole article.
DFID Changing their ways?
7 Comments- Add comment Written on 09-Jul-2009 by kleinpicturesDFID, the UK "Department for International Development" is changing their ways. Already one of the more progressive government organizations, they have put out a new white paper with some of the biggest changes to date. Read it here.
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