AID PROGRAMS: We Can End Extreme Misconceptions


Nov 16th, 2006 1:00 PM EST
By Virginia Simmons


Combating misconceptions about how much our government spends on international anti-poverty programs, and on how effective those programs can be, remain one of our movement’s greatest challenges. Tina Rosenberg’s Op-Ed in today’s New York Times outlines a lot of what we’re up against and eight excellent reasons for hope.


Two excerpts below:


“When pollsters ask people in the United States to guess how much their government spends on foreign aid, the median response is 25 percent of the federal budget – and Americans think that it should be 10 percent. The real number is less than 1 percent. And only a tiny percentage of that goes to fight poverty…”

“If antipoverty efforts do not help as much as Americans would like, one reason is that their government is spending far less than they think it is. This is unfortunate because there are programs out there with a proven track record of working – of lifting poor people out of poverty, and keeping them out – some run by governments, some by charity groups, and a few by businesses.”


The remainder or the piece describes eight remarkably successful aid programs. Check back to the ONE Blog as we discuss some in the coming days.

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