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Should Rich Nations Help the Poor?

Should Rich Nations Help the Poor?

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In the past decade, the developed world has spent almost US$ 2 trillion on foreign aid for poorer countries. Yet 1.2 billion people still live in extreme poverty and around 2.9 billion cannot meet their basic human needs.

But should rich nations continue to help the poor? In this short book, leading global poverty analyst David Hulme explains why helping the world's neediest communities is both the right thing to do and the wise thing to do if rich nations want to take care of their own citizens' future welfare.

The real question is how best to provide this help. The way forward, Hulme argues, is not conventional foreign aid but trade, finance and environmental policy reform. But this must happen alongside a change in international social norms so that we all recognise the collective benefits of a poverty-free world.

Author: David Hulme
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: 07/25/2016
Pages: 136
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.90h x 4.80w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780745686066

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2016

About the Author
David Hulme is Professor of Development Studies at The University of Manchester where he is Director of the Brooks World Poverty Institute and CEO of the Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre

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