Here’s some shocking news: foreign aid can work

But to say that all aid is dead risks throwing the baby out with the bathwater, along with malarial drugs, microcredit projects, schooling for girls, and sustainable farming techniques.

The images flicker out from the nightly news: footage of famine and war, shots of disaster and sorrow. The stories we usually see about the developing world can make you reach for the remote.

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