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04/08/2012 0:00
Venom glands (Reuters) -
Professor Abhijit Banerjee said a professor of economics the current chair of the Ford Foundation International at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on the need to lead the international aid to fight poverty and not to interfere in the affairs of the other.
came in a lecture entitled «tender intelligently .. To achieve maximum benefit from the aid «he gave the council Ramadan by Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi yesterday
said Professor Banerjee, who is also a researcher affiliated with the Association of innovation in order to combat poverty, Connecticut U.S. at the beginning of his lecture the importance of the principle of giving, noting that at the time, which is the issue of aid to serious for the United Arab Emirates, the controversy around it continues among economists around the world to see if the aid to eliminate poverty or not, and why fail some aid in achieving their objective. and presented in the lecture witnessed by Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and a number of sheikhs, ministers and the Fouad Siniora, Lebanese former Prime Minister, a number of ideas, concepts, and the wrong questions about this, such as who says give me aid and I will finish the poverty aid or do you end poverty .. Whether aid is given to earn loyalty .. Are government programs successful in providing aid.
He noted that the right question is whether this gap can be reduced .. Any reduction of poverty through the promotion of health care for example and use the types of training to address the problem of the millions who suffer from hunger, disease and lack of schooling.
He said that the people affected by the aspect propaganda especially the impact is published in the beholder, citing an individual case of a young girl from Mali, which suffer from hunger disease and its image has appeared in the media have donated so much money to the opposite of what their millions of poor around the world and brought the question again to help you succeed and eliminate poverty .. Is it difficult to eradicate poverty.
and answered that question must begin with so .. What is the experience that we need to influence the providers of aid and convince them that giving is the best way .. There are some basic principles to donate or bid, noting that the fight against poverty is not through the money directly, but by learning, health and the search for the causes of poverty.
and moved minutes after that to latter principle is that we listen to what is said about entrepreneurship among the poor and micro-finance and how it helps them to lift them out of poverty .. He pointed out that 12 percent of the population of some European countries, doctors and rich and there are 40 percent of the rural poor have two types of work, one agricultural and the other is agriculture compared to 60 percent to 70 percent of the urban poor who have their own in about 18 western country, but it is misleading is that they want to be entrepreneurs.
and about other methods that can be eliminated out of poverty without the contributions and bids said it was about changing policies. . noting that the aid constitutes a small part of the budget of the States Fbngladec for example, Pakistan provides about 25 percent for the eradication of poverty, but the proportion is useful because it is linked to policy and provide assistance if it was wise and has a futuristic outlook says that countries do not want to fail is important is to look for new solutions and innovative and is not a shame to admit failure on the subject of the tender and aid. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
