Comments on: Where does Dambisa Moyo get her poverty rate data? http://www.tradediversion.net/archives/2009/04/where-does-dambisa-moyo-get-her-poverty-rate-data.html Commentary on development, globalization, and trade by Jonathan Dingel Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:56:20 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: clay wescott http://www.tradediversion.net/archives/2009/04/where-does-dambisa-moyo-get-her-poverty-rate-data.html/comment-page-1#comment-562 clay wescott Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:26:05 +0000 http://www.tradediversion.net/?p=1213#comment-562 At a talk in Washington DC last night, she was asked about her target of stopping aid in 5 years. She replied that this was just a "talking point", and her purpose was just to start a debate on an exit strategy for aid to Africa. No argument there: an exit strategy is clearly needed. I suspect that many of the statistics quoted are also "talking points". Clay At a talk in Washington DC last night, she was asked about her target of stopping aid in 5 years. She replied that this was just a “talking point”, and her purpose was just to start a debate on an exit strategy for aid to Africa. No argument there: an exit strategy is clearly needed. I suspect that many of the statistics quoted are also “talking points”.

Clay

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