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Toxic Aid
Aid can save lives, but it can also reinforce dependency, distort economies and protect powerful interests. When does assistance become part of the problem?
Nov 20, 20244 min read
Are We Developing African Agriculture?
Smallholder farmers produce much of Africa’s food, yet they remain among those most exposed to hunger, unstable markets and weak agricultural investment. What would development look like if it began with them?
Apr 3, 20236 min read
Capitalism, Power and Poverty
Markets do not operate on equal terms. This article examines how wealth and power shape the rules, leaving poorer countries to compete within a system they did not design.
Mar 14, 20236 min read
Where Has All the Money Gone?
Vast sums have been committed to ending poverty, but outcomes remain painfully limited. Following the money reveals who controls it, where it is absorbed and who is overlooked.
Jun 2, 20221 min read
Africa is still Starving. Have We Learned Anything?
Decades after famine shocked the world, hunger remains widespread. Benny asks what the international response has learned and why the same failures keep returning.
Dec 26, 20213 min read
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