Afghanistan receives far more aid than any other single country. One of a striking series of graphics from the OECD (the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development which is made up of most of the richest countries in the world) shows where overseas development assistance is going. "Donor darlings", as the OECD caption calls the biggest … [Read more...] about If you think aid changes things, you should move to Afghanistan while you can
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Where the poorest live and why there are many fewer of them
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) represents the richest countries in the world. It thinks there are many fewer very poor people living alongside the rich. This dramatic graphic shows just how fast the number of poor people is declining except in Fragile States (to use the OECD terminology that lumps 44 countries … [Read more...] about Where the poorest live and why there are many fewer of them