Comments on: Random Snippets and Miscellany http://aidwatchers.com/2009/04/random-snippets-and-miscellany/ just asking that aid benefit the poor Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:48:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: zulusafari http://aidwatchers.com/2009/04/random-snippets-and-miscellany/comment-page-1/#comment-4917 zulusafari Sun, 26 Apr 2009 05:58:23 +0000 http://aidwatchers.com/2009/04/random-snippets-and-miscellany/#comment-4917 I just read Mrs. Peasley's full piece. It's a joke of a argument. Anyone can give one good example when there are 100,000 cases of aid to choose from. We're trying to look at the big picture here. She points out that the worst scenarios that Dead Aid points out were Cold War battle grounds. Who's saying there isn't just as much politics in today's aid given. She also says that so many countries getting aid back then had unstable gov'ts... NEWS FLASH, nothing has changed. More unstable gov'ts get aid than non-stable. This is another argument Dead Aid makes. Stable gov'ts and economies DON'T need aid to begin with. This is frustrating beyond belief. I wonder if there is one aid worker in the whole world who had read this book with an open mind. Lots of jobs are at stake. I just read Mrs. Peasley’s full piece. It’s a joke of a argument. Anyone can give one good example when there are 100,000 cases of aid to choose from. We’re trying to look at the big picture here. She points out that the worst scenarios that Dead Aid points out were Cold War battle grounds. Who’s saying there isn’t just as much politics in today’s aid given.

She also says that so many countries getting aid back then had unstable gov’ts… NEWS FLASH, nothing has changed. More unstable gov’ts get aid than non-stable. This is another argument Dead Aid makes. Stable gov’ts and economies DON’T need aid to begin with.

This is frustrating beyond belief.

I wonder if there is one aid worker in the whole world who had read this book with an open mind. Lots of jobs are at stake.

]]> By: Andrew http://aidwatchers.com/2009/04/random-snippets-and-miscellany/comment-page-1/#comment-4916 Andrew Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:36:01 +0000 http://aidwatchers.com/2009/04/random-snippets-and-miscellany/#comment-4916 Keep up the good fight Bill. Down by 100%? This person must have been an economist! Keep up the good fight Bill. Down by 100%? This person must have been an economist!

]]> By: Julian H http://aidwatchers.com/2009/04/random-snippets-and-miscellany/comment-page-1/#comment-4915 Julian H Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:37:47 +0000 http://aidwatchers.com/2009/04/random-snippets-and-miscellany/#comment-4915 Good post, Bill. Do you know anything about the <a>latest figure on malaria reduction</a> in Zambia that's been bandied around? ("Malaria deaths plunge by 66%"). As you previously reported, the 2008 Malaria Report was blunt about the lac of reliable data in Zambia, so it would be interesting to know how robust these new stats are. Good post, Bill. Do you know anything about the latest figure on malaria reduction in Zambia that’s been bandied around? (“Malaria deaths plunge by 66%”).

As you previously reported, the 2008 Malaria Report was blunt about the lac of reliable data in Zambia, so it would be interesting to know how robust these new stats are.

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