Friday, October 12, 2007

Frightening figures

I read yesterday about a new report called "Africa's missing billions", in where several British aid organizations calculated the cost of the continent's wars since 1990. It was largely equivalent to the amount of aid received in the same period.

This opens an important debate on how, where and to whom to give aid - because I refuse to believe that the answer is not to help afflicted people - but how do it responsibly?

Some commentary: in English here and here, in Swedish (Anna Dahlberg from Expressen) here.

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