Is Western Aid to Africa Working?

Last year saw a significant three percent rise in bilateral aid to Africa, according to the OECD, amounting to twenty-nine billion US dollars. But was it effective?

Some in the West challenge the concept of aid and a new book looks into how we might be able to rethink the concept altogether.

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(Image: Women in South Sudan receive food aid, credit: AFP)