Friday, November 9, 2012

Does aid work?

Essay question

With reference to examples, discuss the role of aid in reducing the global development gap.

You may want to do some wider reading in addition to our class work in order to be able to answer the essay question effectively. Below are some additional sources of reading.

Does Aid work?
This interesting article in the New Statesman is written by Dambisa Moyo who argues that as long as Africa remains aid dependent, it will remain poor and hungry.

Why aid does work!
This article from the BBC explores the arguments in favour of giving aid and is written by Jeffrey Sachs the director of the Columbia University Earth institute.





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