Who says aid doesn’t work?
The Independent reports Bob Geldof’s recent trip to Ethiopia:
Though 35 per cent of Ethiopian children are malnourished, and 40 per cent are stunted when they start school, the number who die below the age of 5 is down 40 per cent on what it was 15 years ago. A shocking 381,000 children died from preventable causes last year but there is clear progress. Cases of malaria have been reduced by two-third since 2006, with the number of deaths halved thanks to the government spraying a million houses and the Global Fund and the Gates Foundation distributing a massive 20 million bednets.“Who says aid doesn’t work,” spluttered Geldof as he leaves the clinic.
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An interesting article. Thank you. I always appreciate hearing good news.
I think a pertinent question is: what happens if that aid stopped tomorrow? Or even better: what would happen if all that aid became un-earmarked general budget support tomorrow?
Good point Matt. All “good examples of aid” are actually politically incorrect under the Paris Agenda steering most of the donor budget nowadays.