Combating poverty: the charade of development aid  

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Ncayiyana, Dan J.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: British Medical Journal (keterangan: ada di Proquest) vol. 335 no. 7633 (Dec. 2007), page 1272.

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: B16.K.2007.01 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Poverty is acknowledged to be the biggest risk for ill health worldwide. The World Health Organization estimates that about 1.2 billion people live in extreme poverty, without decent shelter, clean water, adequate sanitation, or sufficient food.1 The response of the rich nations to global poverty has been to wave the magic wand of development aid, also known as "official development assistance," which distinguishes it fromad hocassistance for emergencies such as natural disasters. Development aid is meant to help eradicate poverty through the stimulation of economic growth. A total of $2.3 trillion (£1.1 trillion; 1.6 trillion) has been spent on development aid over past five decades, and it has been the subject of vigorous debate among development economists. Three books have emerged on the subject in the past two years—The Bottom Billion by Paul Collier, The White Man’s Burden by William Easterly, and The End of Poverty by Jeffrey Sacks.234 . . .

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