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Sunday, 6 March 2011

UK foreign aid re-focused. But, this isn't enough!

It is good news that UK has now re-focused their foreign aid to poorer countries. UK must acknowledge the negative impacts of their foreign aid to developing countries:


Over the last   decade, UK has campaigned for promoting the budget support which has contributed to fuel wars and ethnic violence in the African Great lakes Region starting from Tanzania, Uganda, and Rwanda to Democratic Republic of Congo. UK foreign aid has been used to buy weapons to fight these wars.


UK does not recognise the political opposition voices based in the UK and in aid recipient countries. UK aid budget support is used to run foreign governments, the military apparatus and the Parliament whose members are not chosen on the basis of democratic principles.


UK  has been campaigning for the  removal of foreign aid conditionalities and the current revolt and  un unrest in several countries is the result of this UK policy.


Where the condition of human rights have been clearly specify in memorandums of cooperation between UK and  aid recipients,  UK deliberately ignore human rights abuses and continue to pump  money to governments that are expected to respect all terms and conditions of the foreign aid provided. This is the case in Rwanda.


UK  foreign aid benefit local elite than the poorer in many countries  where the Head of the Government  is paid a salary and benefits  five time than the  UK Prime Minister.


UK has been providing aid based on competition with other nations rather than on the basis of the real needs of aid recipients and the UK funding capabilities.


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