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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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"For God's Sake, Please Stop the Aid!"

SPIEGEL INTERVIEW WITH AFRICAN ECONOMICS EXPERT
July 4, 2005

The Kenyan economics expert James Shikwati, 35, says that aid to Africa does more harm than good. The avid proponent of globalization spoke with SPIEGEL about the disastrous effects of Western development policy in Africa, corrupt rulers, and the tendency to overstate the AIDS problem....

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TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING

Choking on Aid Money in Africa

By Erich Wiedemann and Thilo Thielke

Ahead of this week's G8 conference in Scotland, the world's richest nations forgave billions in debt to the world's poorest. Great news, right? Not necessarily. Decades of Western aid have done little to ease suffering in Africa -- indeed the situation is worse than ever. Is it time for the West to rethink its aid strategy?

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