Stories written by Jeremy Hobbs

OP-ED: Better Aid Means Better Development

By Brian Atwood and Jeremy Hobbs
Oxfam and major aid donors of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (the DAC) are often on opposite sides of the fence. Today though, we are on the same side —making sure that effective aid lifts people out of poverty.

BETTER AID MEANS BETTER DEVELOPMENT

By Brian Atwood and Jeremy Hobbs
Oxfam and major aid donors of the DAC, the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) are often on opposite sides of the fence. Today though, we are on the same side making sure that effective aid lifts people out of poverty. The DAC represents government donors and promotes ?better aid?. Oxfam?s job is to blow the whistle when the DAC fails.
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