Ethiopia - How the financial crisis changed aid to Africa

Описание: The famine in Ethiopia in the 1980s shocked many in the west into donating money to help Africas poor and hungry. Today the financial crisis means that Western countries are spending less on aid. But some economists argue that aid hasnt been successful in fighting poverty anyway, and that generating employment is a better strategy. A Reuters Africa Journal report by Jasleen Sethi and Nina Schwendemann