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25 June 2011

The real question about overseas aid

It's not the UK's aid budget that hinders development, it's free-market capitalism.

By Deborah Doane

The Daily Mail continued to push its anti-foreign aid sentiment this week, with its headline on Wednesday: “Billions in overseas aid puts people off giving cash to charity”. The paper reports on research published by Politics.com and YouGov@Cambridge which suggests that one in five voters will never donate to an overseas aid charity because they think the money is wasted.

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