Economist Test us as much as you like, say providers of help to the needy
There is no piece of paper that will instantly solve the agonising ethical dilemmas that can so easily arise when handing out aid to the suffering. But the Humanitarian Accountability Partnership (HAP) certificate might still do a lot of good if it forces agencies to abide, at least, by the first principle of Hippocrates: First, do no (avoidable) harm.
31 May, 2007
A girl, a knife, and Hawa Gréou
open Democracy, KA Dilday
A Malian woman's story of genital mutilation in France
A Malian woman's story of genital mutilation in France
Paul Wolfowitz’s tomb
Open democracy. Sidney Blumenthal
Paul Wolfowitz's notion of politics was essentially Bolshevik, but less democratic in practice than Lenin's. Wolfowitz had no concept of mass politics. Nor did he have an idea of democratic centralism, the core of Leninism, by which the vanguard led the cells of the party. Wolfowitz believed only in the vanguard.
Paul Wolfowitz's notion of politics was essentially Bolshevik, but less democratic in practice than Lenin's. Wolfowitz had no concept of mass politics. Nor did he have an idea of democratic centralism, the core of Leninism, by which the vanguard led the cells of the party. Wolfowitz believed only in the vanguard.
Zoellick's Clean-Up Duty
WSJ, Opinion Journal.
The World Bank tries to silence its anti-corruption unit.
Then there's the bank's annual $23 billion loan portfolio. Why does the bank continue to lend to China, a country that has foreign-currency reserves in excess of $1 trillion? Why lend to Mexico or Brazil, two countries that can easily obtain credit in the private market? A "bank" that justifies its existence as an agent of the poor should make Africa its main focus.
The World Bank tries to silence its anti-corruption unit.
Then there's the bank's annual $23 billion loan portfolio. Why does the bank continue to lend to China, a country that has foreign-currency reserves in excess of $1 trillion? Why lend to Mexico or Brazil, two countries that can easily obtain credit in the private market? A "bank" that justifies its existence as an agent of the poor should make Africa its main focus.
Slaves to Chocolate?
TIME.
In Cote d'Ivoire, which produces some 40% of the world's cocoa, tens of thousands of children are forced to work on plantations, many of them in virtual slavery
In Cote d'Ivoire, which produces some 40% of the world's cocoa, tens of thousands of children are forced to work on plantations, many of them in virtual slavery
Aid: Open Europe says "it makes no sense for the EU to be a '28th donor' with a large bureaucracy in parallel with the member states"
BBC: EU attacked for 'inefficient' aid
The report argues that delivering aid through the 118 European Commission delegations represents an added cost, not a saving.
Open Europe: http://www.openeurope.org.uk/
The report argues that delivering aid through the 118 European Commission delegations represents an added cost, not a saving.
Open Europe: http://www.openeurope.org.uk/
Debate since Professor David Benatar’s inaugural lecture on Justice, Diversity and Affirmative Action
Mail & Guardian
We dare not erase 'race' from debate, Adam Haupt
'Race' is a bankrupt concept: David Benatar;
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=309654&area=/insight/insight__comment_and_analysis/
We dare not erase 'race' from debate, Adam Haupt
'Race' is a bankrupt concept: David Benatar;
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=309654&area=/insight/insight__comment_and_analysis/
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