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Red Cross Can’t Explain Missing Haiti Money; UK Privatizing Developing Country Aid
Saturday, July 25, 2015 8:02
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Red Cross Itself May Not Know How Millions Donated for Haiti Were Spent. Documents raise questions about the accuracy of the Red Cross’ count of how many Haitians it helped, concluding the figures on one project were “fairly meaningless.” The findings parallel earlier reporting about the Red Cross’ troubled Haiti program.
UK Is Privatizing Aid to the Developing World as Corporations Seek Their Cut. Despite a secure future for the UK aid budget, with Secretary of State for International Development Justine Greening talking of “emerging opportunities” for British companies in the developing world, it seems that poverty alleviation is no longer the only priority of the government’s aid program.
