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Aid is not development: transfers can relieve poverty, but the work that actually lifts a country out of it is not work donors do.
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Oliver Kim Development economist and economic historian who writes… For people like me working on global development in the West, the bitter pill to swallow is that aid is not development. A World Without Aid?global-developments.org · 12 Feb 2025All 7 korrents from this piece
Their wordsFor people like me working on global development in the West, the bitter pill to swallow is that aid is not development.
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↗A World Without Aid?global-developments.org
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Chris Blattman Economist and political scientist at the University of Chicago Third, a cash transfer to help the poor build business is like aspirin to a flesh wound. It helps, but not for long. Why cash transfers to the poor are not the next big thingchrisblattman.com · 27 Jun 2013All 7 korrents from this piece
Their wordsThird, a cash transfer to help the poor build business is like aspirin to a flesh wound. It helps, but not for long.
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↗Why cash transfers to the poor are not the next big thingchrisblattman.com
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