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Tag Archives: foreign aid
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Government guarantees aid money despite claims it is funding corruption overseas BBC News, Tuesday 10th March 2015 Peers have approved legislation which would make it a legal requirement for 0.7% of UK’s annual national income to be spent on international … Continue reading
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Tagged foreign aid, international development
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Sending billions abroad, and borrowing to do it, is absolutely wrong Express, Friday 5th December 2014 The Conservatives, aided by Labour and the Liberal Democrats, today pushed through their decision to dedicate 0.7 percent of British GDP to foreign aid. … Continue reading
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Tagged foreign aid
Giving is hurting
Intent on honouring a cross-party pledge of spending an arbitrary 0.7 per cent of our national income on international aid, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced that government funding for the Department for International Development (DfID) will grow by … Continue reading
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UK to help Africa go green Telegraph, Tuesday 4 December 2012 Britain yesterday pledged almost £2 billion in “climate aid” to help finance foreign projects including wind turbines in Africa and greener cattle farming in Colombia. Each household will contribute … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, climate aid, Ed Davey, energy secretary, foreign aid, Giraffe, green energy, ossicones, wind turbines
Take away the giveaway
“Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.” John D. Rockefeller, the author of this quote, formed the Standard Oil Company in 1870 and became the first American billionaire. Often referred to as the richest … Continue reading
Easier to be generous than just
It’s not surprising there’s growing hostility in the UK towards the concept and implementation of overseas aid. At £155 billion, this country’s largest budget deficit since the war is 70 percent of GDP and the coalition is making £83 billion in … Continue reading
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Tagged austerity, cuts, economy, foreign aid, shikwati, talking point
