From: "Slav Pidgorny (GEUS)" <slav.pidgorny@anz.com>

> Reductio ad absurdum, nice try.
>
> Check out work of Dambisa Moyo. This one is a good starting point: "Why
> Foreign Aid Is Hurting Africa "
> (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123758895999200083.html). Good
> intentions don't guarantee good outcomes, especially when the outcome is
> not as immediate and tangible as that of eye surgery.

Well, that is talking largely about government-run "aid" which is
given from governments to governments.

This "aid" is quite often decided by government and business
priorities of the giving nation (think about Canberra's "aid budget"
used for detaining asylum seekers, or giving aid coupled with
political favours) and quite often just pocketed by corrupt
governments in the receiving countries.

Aid as coming from the Fred Hollows Foundation, Medicians Without
Borders, Plan or UNHCR are examples of charity work that actually
help. It needs a stretch of imagination to argue that they responsible
for keeping people in poverty und hunger.

The "lefties" are not responsible for misused government money, here
and abroad. It's a cheap shot.

Regards
Peter

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