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Why Foreign Aid Is Not Changing Africa And What Can Be Done
Why Foreign Aid Is Not Changing Africa And What Can Be Done

(OPINION) The goal of aid is to end situations that lead to aid. It is estimated that the West has given $1.2 trillion in aid and development assistance to Africa since 1990 according to Greg Mills in the book “Expensive Poverty.” Much of that aid came from the U.S. But sadly the foreign aid has had little or no impact on bettering the lives of poor Africans. 

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