Thanks, but No Thanks. Christine Mikolajuk.
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Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 62Global Issues. Publisher: Harvard International Review, 2005ISSN: 1522-3221;.Subject(s): Humanitarian assistance | Humanitarian assistance -- Africa | Humanitarian assistance -- Asia | Humanitarian intervention | International relief | Khmer Rouge | World Trade OrganizationDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Part of every well-intentioned dollar you send to a war-torn, underdeveloped country is funding the sport utility vehicle of a recent college graduate and the rest is perpetuating an ethnic war that is at the source of the famine you want to help fight. Even though this is a blatant exaggeration, it is one that holds an essential truth." (HARVARD INTERNATIONAL REVIEW) This article examines the "other face of international humanitarian aid" and relays that "although humanitarian aid brings much needed short-term relief in moments of crisis, it often does more harm than good."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Thanks, but No Thanks, Winter 2005; pp. 32-35.
"Part of every well-intentioned dollar you send to a war-torn, underdeveloped country is funding the sport utility vehicle of a recent college graduate and the rest is perpetuating an ethnic war that is at the source of the famine you want to help fight. Even though this is a blatant exaggeration, it is one that holds an essential truth." (HARVARD INTERNATIONAL REVIEW) This article examines the "other face of international humanitarian aid" and relays that "although humanitarian aid brings much needed short-term relief in moments of crisis, it often does more harm than good."
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