New Statesman: Why do we lie about foreign aid?

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Britain’s Prime Minister in waiting, Jacob Rees-Mogg is has accused Britain’s last Prime Minister of lying. He says that “one argument put forward by supporters of the target is that if we give 0.7 per cent, other countries will follow. That’s not true.

Period10 Apr 2018

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Media coverage

  • TitleWhy do we lie about foreign aid
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletNew Statesman
    Media typeOther
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date10/04/18
    DescriptionBritain’s Prime Minister in waiting, Jacob Rees-Mogg is has accused Britain’s last Prime Minister of lying. He says that “one argument put forward by supporters of the target is that if we give 0.7 per cent, other countries will follow. That’s not true.”
    Producer/AuthorRichard Darlington
    URLhttps://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2018/04/why-do-we-lie-about-foreign-aid
    PersonsPablo Yanguas Gil
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Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms

  • Global inequalities
  • Global Development Institute

Keywords

  • aid