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Foreign Aid To MICs Needs 'More Sophisticated Approach' Instead Of Cuts
"[T]he E.U., the Global Fund [to Fight] AIDS, TB and Malaria, and the World Bank's International Development Association ... want to save money during a fiscal crunch by cutting off aid to middle-income countries (MIC)," Andy Sumner and Amanda Glassman of the Center for Global Development write in the Guardian's "Poverty Matters Blog." However, doing so "means disconnecting foreign aid from most of the world's poor and sick," they write, adding, "At least three factors support the development of a more sophisticated approach."
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