Monday, November 15, 2010

Why Are We Supporting Repression *Anywhere*?

Why Are We Supporting Repression in Ethiopia? by William Easterly and Laura Freschi | NYRBlog | The New York Review of Books:
As a last resort, if the government prevents all attempts by donors to reach beneficiaries, then aid to Ethiopia could be suspended altogether. An aid cutoff under these circumstances does not hurt the intended beneficiaries if aid was not reaching them in the first place. Above all, though, donors must recognize that the current status quo is unacceptable. For not only is foreign aid to Ethiopia not improving the lives of those most in need, by financing their oppressors, it is making them worse.
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