The WaBenzi's Partners in Crime
And a crime it is. Via Tim Blair is this Times story by Jonathan Clayton on how the "Lords of Poverty" gorge themselves on the aid sent to Africa.
"A report by ActionAid  which infuriated the British Government  said that consultants and western companies benefited to the tune of 60p for every £1 intended to go towards eradicating poverty.
"A report by ActionAid  which infuriated the British Government  said that consultants and western companies benefited to the tune of 60p for every £1 intended to go towards eradicating poverty.
Last May, the World Bank itself admitted for the first time that consultants were taking $20 billion (£12 billion) from global aid budgets  40 per cent of the total amount given by the industrialised world for overseas development."
I think I am in the wrong business. Read all of Tims post in the link above.
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