Demand and supply: Steve Hellinger has spent many years trying to make aid work better. He now says it's time to take sides ...
New Internationalist › Nbr. 1996, January 1996
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Demand and supply: Steve Hellinger has spent many years trying to make aid work better. He now says it's time to take sides ...
DR: What do you see as the current state of foreign aid?
SH: Aid is on the decline, and I don't think we're going to recognize it in five or ten years. The traditional top-down approach was implemented with a vengeance during the 1980s, transforming economies from above without local input. The fall-out was that, more than ever before, those who had access to money and to power gained and those who did not lost. This just fed the scepticism of the public in the North, especially the United States, about foreign aid. They ...See the full content of this document
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