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Movie Review: A confused and contradictory film on how foreigners “help” Palestine By Sarah Irving
Ruthven’s naivete is a major aspect of her narrative device, but as she is the film’s main voice, it also means that the conclusions are frustratingly simplistic. “I’d had no idea how dependent the Palestinian economy was on aid,” she states. The obvious question is why, when making a documentary on aid in Palestine, she… Continue reading
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Global Poverty and Post-colonial “Development Agendas”: Ethiopia and the West By Paul O’Keeffe
The world of international aid is a multi-trillion dollar exercise with transactions affecting every country on earth. Some give, some receive, some give and receive, but all are involved in aid flows that are ultimately held up as virtuous considerations of man to fellow man. The world has long been used to the cycles of… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 