BBC reports, The debate about aid ebbs and flows. In what circumstances does it work? What's the difference between aid to relieve obvious immediate needs like starvation and that for longer term projects like roads and bridges? For instance, Bangladesh gets about $2bn in foreign aid each year.
The country has instituted an anti-corruption drive in recent years, and many observers say the situaiton has improved - but some of the aid still doesn't always reach the people it is meant to help.
Aid debate
So what should the attitude of donors be to giving aid to countries where corruption might well skim off a good slice of it?
If richer countries hold back aid money, then people may suffer, but give the aid and the corrupt could be enriched.
The BBC's Duncan Bartlett reports from Bangladesh's capital Dhaka. Click here for the audio report.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
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