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| No | 74% | 786 votes | Total: 1067 votes | |
| Yes | 26% | 281 votes |
No
Created on: February 11, 2011
Should the Developed world focus on enabling trade or donating aid as an instrument to induce pro-poor
Created on: May 12, 2009 Last Updated: May 16, 2009
Lack of focus on aiding fellow citizens instead of foreigners has hurt the richest and the poorest countries
Created on: October 16, 2008
Although foreign aid may be an important component of any global poverty-reduction strategy, it is certainly
by Paul Lines
Created on: June 12, 2007
Of itself, foreign aid is not the solution to global poverty. As has been seen from various attempts
Created on: August 27, 2007
Foreign aid, in the form of hard currency, is without a doubt not the answer to global poverty. Throwing
by Bob Seery
Created on: December 19, 2008
Foreign aid is one of many solutions to the multi-faceted problem of global poverty and would of course
by Jodi Showers
Created on: December 02, 2010 Last Updated: December 03, 2010
Just because the United States is one of the more wealthier countries, doesn’t mean it should
Created on: August 29, 2009
Is Zimbabwe looking for aid for aid's sake?
South African President Jacob Zuma who had been expected
Created on: November 05, 2007 Last Updated: December 01, 2011
After seeing first hand the effects of foreign aid in third world countries, the answer to this question
by Charles Ray
Created on: August 18, 2009 Last Updated: August 20, 2009
It is a sad fact of life that millions of people on earth live under conditions of extreme poverty,
by Logan Fry
Created on: February 21, 2008
Poverty exists in many nations for one reason. It is not necessarily a lack of resources. It is not
Created on: July 30, 2008
Foreign aid donations from the USA, and other western countries provides funds for social and economic
by Guru Dorje
Created on: December 30, 2008
Foreign Aid is one of the tools in which to solve the problem of global poverty. It is useful in moments
Created on: June 22, 2007
The overhanging political agendas of wealthy contributors has a negative effect on foreign aid agencies
by Nikki H.
Created on: November 09, 2007
The solution to global poverty is complex but one thing is for certain, foreign aid is will not solve
Created on: June 24, 2011 Last Updated: August 09, 2011
Is foreign aid the solution to global poverty?
Saying foreign aid is the solution to global poverty
Created on: March 21, 2008
Lasting change does not come from throwing money at a problem. Foreign aid is not a long-term solution
Created on: June 12, 2007 Last Updated: April 11, 2011
In simple terms, we live in a poor world. Although we often forget this living in North America, in
Created on: August 02, 2008
Foreign aid is, at best, a placebo to offer food, clothing, and hope to our least fortunate. In practice,
Created on: July 21, 2008
The solution to global poverty is one that may not be as complex as it seems. One thing is for certain
Yes
by Andy Heintz
Created on: September 05, 2008
This question misses the point. Of course foreign aid is not going to end global poverty by itself.
Created on: June 13, 2007
A famous story was told of a wash up of thousands of starfish. A young boy was throwing as many as he
Created on: December 19, 2008 Last Updated: February 28, 2011
As with many, if not most, questions in the real world, a definitive answer one way or the other is
Created on: February 12, 2011
It may be convenient to the American political psyche to separate the issue of foreign aid from
by Rob O'Hannon
Created on: June 12, 2007
Targeted foreign aid can be the solution to global poverty if that aid consists of more than just money.
Global
by Max Beaton
Created on: March 04, 2009
Since the end of World War Two, Foreign Aid has caused an ongoing controversy that, as the saying goes,
by Solstar
Created on: July 22, 2007
Foreign aid can be the solution to global poverty, the problem at the moment is that vast sums of money
Created on: September 14, 2008 Last Updated: September 25, 2008
Establishing ways that successively eradicate poverty is a solution. The centralize of the foreign aid
Created on: November 21, 2007
Teach the people to fish. Teach them to work on their land. Yes, they probably need to be aided also.
Created on: June 12, 2007
Foreign financial aid is one solution among many that will play a vital role in drastically improving
Created on: June 11, 2007
Yes, foreign aid is the solution to global poverty.
Poverty may be within the confines of the mind (as
Created on: October 29, 2007
Foreign aid is part of the solution to fighting global poverty. However, it is only part; foreign aid
Created on: June 12, 2007
Yes! We must, but I do think we are seeing the "end of the world" as we know it. In order for the real,
Created on: October 24, 2007
Aid as opposed to handouts is the only way the developing countries are likely to climb out of their
by Lou Rountree
Created on: July 28, 2007
Feed a cat and save a sparrow. That's why we refer to people who take advantage of efforts to provide
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