Foreign aid
Fake Aid
Foreign aid money given through the UK's Department for International Development (DfID) is being used to support the self-serving activities of NGOs
Unaccountable aid good for donors, bad for the poor
IPN Opinion article
President Obama says “mutual accountability” will now underpin America’s foreign aid. He called on rich donor nations at the recent Millennium Development Goals (MDG) summit to “commit to the same transparency that we expect of others.”
Pakistan: A flood of restrictions
IPN Opinion article
Pakistan’s horrific floods have been compounded by horrific mismanagement and then by regulations that make it harder to save the victims and start reconstruction. The solution is more freedom, not more restrictions, says this widely-experienced Pakistani economist and consultant – citing practical precedents.
One cut that won’t offend voters
IPN News coverage
Julian Harris comments on Cameron’s reluctance to cut the foreign aid budget and proposes trade as a better alternative to aid:
Wrong Tax, Wrong Disease
IPN Opinion article
Officials and activists (and a slightly equivocal Bill Clinton) at the recent world AIDS conference in Vienna want a "Robin Hood" tax on financial transactions to fund HIV/AIDS relief. This well-published analyst explains why this is a bad and counter-productive idea.
