Essay weighing the advantages and disadvantages of foreign aid.

A look at the value of friendship with countries such as Pakistan, albeit precarious perhaps. And, whether or not it is it worth the monetary osts.

What I think about Foreign Aid.

We are all watching the situation in Japan with a heavy heart and much sympathy. We may even have sent donations to the Red Cross or other agencies. However, can the United States Government afford to rebuild Japan again?

Some reports have it that the aid to the flood-stricken Pakistan is merely a fraction of what Haiti has received. What explains the discrepancy?

The G8 countries have pledged five billion dollars to improve the health of women and children in the developing world, mostly in African countries. Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper says that the 1.2 billion Canadian dollars will not be used for abortion clinics. That decision has women’s rights advocates fuming. I think we should ask the question: Do African women want abortion clinics?

This article examines key reasons why environmental protection is more important than global poverty reduction.

Sachs’s book The End of Poverty is proposing a theory that Sachs has developed to end extreme poverty throughout the world. Sachs argues that poverty in the developing world isn’t caused by lazy people or corrupt governments. He claims that poverty stricken nations cannot get out of poverty without help. Sachs lays out a poverty trap theory of his that explains why.

Where all that money really goes and what it does.