List of Foreign Aid articles
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The Utopian Nightmare
This year, economists, politicians, and rock stars in rich countries have pleaded for debt relief and aid for the world's poorest countries. It certainly sounds like the right thing to do. But utopian dreams of alleviating poverty overlook some hard facts. By promising so much, rich-world activists prolong the true nightmare of poverty.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Iran’s Enemy Is Not America’s Friend
Why supporting the terrorists who are trying to take down the Revolutionary Guard will only come back to haunt us.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Sudan Score Card
The Obama administration's policy review on Sudan is now complete. Is it any good?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Rogue Aid
What's wrong with the foreign aid programs of China, Venezuela, and Saudi Arabia? They are enormously generous. And they are toxic.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The FP Index: Ranking the Rich
Poverty is blamed for everything from terrorism to bird flu. Rich nations have never sounded more committed to stamping it out. Is it all just hot air? The fourth annual CGD/FP Commitment to Development Index ranks 21 rich nations on whether they’re working to end global poverty -- or just making it worse.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Recipe for Somalia
A light footprint won’t work in Afghanistan. Just look at the Horn of Africa for all the reasons why not.
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Fund What Works
The problem isn't whether we are too generous or too stingy. We just need to help the poor help themselves.
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The New Colonialists
Only a motley group of aid agencies, international charities, and philanthropists stands between some of the world's most dysfunctional states and collapse. But for all the good these organizations do, their largesse often erodes governments' ability to stand up on their own. The result: a vicious cycle of dependence and too many voices calling the shots.
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