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6 Jan 2015 3 minute read

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Is all charity good charity?

Ben Greenhalgh argues that our trickle-down charitable giving may be misdirected.

1 Dec 2014 10 minute read

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NGOs - do they help?

There are more NGOs today than ever; some are bigger than ever. Yet, discovers Dinyar Godrej, questions...

1 Dec 2014 6 minute read

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The company they keep

Big NGOs and big corporations – Ian Brown finds they are getting a bit too close.

1 Dec 2014 6 minute read

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Evicted by charity

The green imperialism of some conservation charities, by Sophie Pritchard.

1 Dec 2014 2 minute read

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The unwelcome return of development pornography

John Hilary on a degrading spectacle that keeps coming back.

26 Nov 2014 4 minute read

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Tony Blair’s deadly legacy reaps Save The Children award

Felicity Arbuthnot is incredulous that a children’s charity can honour a man so closely linked to infanticide...

25 Nov 2014 4 minute read

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Muslim charities face a perfect storm

Negative press and disproportionate regulation are hampering aid efforts, argues Augustus Della-Porta.

10 Sep 2014 3 minute read

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The Western way isn’t always the best way

Development – when forced onto poor countries – is a dangerous concept, argues Amit Singh.

2 Sep 2014 4 minute read

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Fighting Ebola on the frontline

Dr Oliver Johnson tells Gabriella Jóźwiak about the current crisis and the long-term...

9 Jul 2014 3 minute read

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Is teaching English in poor countries a misguided form of philanthropy?

Such ‘aid’ will only ever lift a few out of poverty, argues Dan Falvey.

4 Jul 2014 3 minute read

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Have the public had enough of manipulative charity marketing?

NGOs are seen as cash-obsessed with advertising campaigns portraying beneficiaries as hapless victims, says Natalie...

12 Jun 2014 4 minute read

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Why is Britain using a suspect charity to deliver aid to Syria?

How British money could be helping the Assad regime. Tam Hussein reports.

7 May 2014 3 minute read

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British aid and the return of the trickle-down myth

Campaigners' blind defence of the government's development strategy is making things worse, says Nick Dearden....

16 Apr 2014 3 minute read

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Happy Thingyan Water Festival for Rohingyas? Like hell

One Western aid worker is frustrated and sickened by what’s going on in Burma.

1 Mar 2014 3 minute read

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Money-making and morality are seldom bed-fellows

Chris Coltrane explains why investing in bombing children to feed other children is not OK.

17 Dec 2013 3 minute read

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Development, exploitation and the 2014 World Cup

The recent deaths of construction workers reveal a darker side to the ‘Brazilian miracle’, says Jean Grugel...

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