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Viviane Chevallier

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If there is so much aid in developing countries, why poverty is increasing in these regions and the industrialized world?

I'm doing a question for my project. Not only that poverty is increasing in the developing world for the worse, it is increasing in the industrialized world, especially the United States.

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    Maaher Sayeed 10+

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    Dec 14 2012: Teach a man to fish.................. Not give him a fish!

    For those in desperate need due to war and famine etc, the cost to administer and desperse the aid often is more expensive becasue people prefer to give aid in the form of money but not help by volunteering their time, effort, interest and work.

    The people in such conditions sadly cannot string a board around their necks that reads "No job, please feed me" and get a $10 bill from a rich banker driving Porche at the traffic lights.
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      Ehis Odijie 10+

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      Dec 27 2012: I'd put it differently. Don't prevent a man from fishing by giving him a fish

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