Why Doesn't Development Aid Work?(Essay‪)‬

This article identifies salient issues associated with poverty alleviation within an aid for development context. In cognisance of historical and conceptual considerations as well as current efforts being made to deal with poverty in the developing world, it suggests that a real remedy to this problem requires not only greater financial commitments but also an increased willingness to revise means that have already proven ineffective in reducing global poverty. INTRODUCTION