Sunday, February 26, 2012

The Truth About Foreign Aid

The New York Times has an interesting piece by Bill Gates today, about Oxfam and Save the Children’s report “A Dangerous Delay“, on the cost of late responses to early warnings in the 2011 East Africa drought.

Gates says:

The very fact that $2.1 billion has been donated to help the victims of the famine is a testament to human beings’ generosity. But that fact of our generosity also explains why I am so frustrated by the increasing opposition in many rich countries to foreign aid.

See full Article.