Overseas aid is money well spent
Assistance from the west can reduce poverty in developing countries. It is
time to stop making excuses, says Joseph Stiglitz
Published: April 14 2002 20:42 | Last Updated: April 14 2002 20:59
The United Nations conference in Monterrey on finance for development was not
the disaster that many feared. It produced a chorus of recognition of the
risks posed by the widening gap between haves and have-nots. The US pledged a
substantial increase in its overseas assistan
