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With the criticisms recently launched against foreign aid programs, do you think Africa is better off without them? Cherae Robinson, ATLANTA...
...Africa can still use structured, focused aid. The problem is that aid should be properly used. It must support the government's own development agenda. And the country itself should use its own resources well. I think in a few places in Africa, this is happening...
...assisting impoverished nations, but warned that “progress is being threatened” by a lack of communication in Congress. Robert Paarlberg, a political science professor at Wellesley and an associate at Harvard’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, drew a distinction between the emergency aid that the United States effectively distributes on a periodic basis versus the sustained assistance that Africa needs. “Even when international food crises are low, we can’t lose sight of the underlying problem of persistent hunger,” he said. When asked about ways...
...want to do anything else.”But Kantrovitz would not make it past rookie ball in his pro career, thanks to a shoulder injury he suffered during his last year at Brown. Kantrovitz had minor surgery “as sort of a Band-Aid approach” to get him through his senior season. Once in the minors, he had another operation to try and fix the shoulder permanently, but the pain lingered and, while he could hit, his play in the field was severely hindered.“A 5’8 [designated hitter...
Under the plan, $200 million of the new revenue would go to towns and communities for local aid, and $275 million would go to transportation. The sales tax hike stands in contrast to the House’s initial state budget, released on April 15, which did not draw from new sources of revenue or state reserves and included wide cuts to local aid, services, and programs...