FOREIGN AID
March 2009
The rise of Kenya's middle class offers the country, and the whole continent, hope for the future
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March 2009
Aid to Africa is the problem, not the solution, according to Dambisa Moyo, Zambian-born economist and author of Dead Aid. She discusses the issue with Richard Dowden, executive director of the Royal African Society, and Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson
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March 2009
A new documentary made in Afghanistan has won two awards at the the Sundance Film Festival. Afghan Star could help the cause of feminism there and encourage a desperately-needed sense of national community
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February 2009
When celebrities get involved in politics, they should look to Elvis rather than Annie Lennox
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