December 17, 2013
Criticisms of foreign aid usually come around eventually to trade and investment as the ‘real’ answer for growth, development and poverty reduction. This either/or debate, unhelpful at the best of times, was momentarily drowned out early in December by a tsunami of positive news about a breakthrough agreement reached at the World Trade Organization summit in Bali.
‘We have saved the WTO,’ gushed European Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht. The agreement represents a ‘rejuvenation of the multilateral ...
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