by Reality of Aid | Jan 19, 2006 | News
The world’s military spending has surged back up to $1 trillion (U.S.) a year, the old Cold War level, thanks chiefly to the “war on terror.” That is $200 billion more than in 2000, before Al Qaeda’s 9/11 attacks. And it is money the United States, Canada...
by Reality of Aid | Jan 19, 2006 | News
Ottawa — Une part disproportionnée de l’aide internationale destinée à l’Irak et à l’Afghanistan sert des intérêts personnels qui ont plus à voir avec la lutte contre le terrorisme que des objectifs de réduction de la pauvreté, indique un nouveau rapport. Le...
by Reality of Aid | Jan 19, 2006 | News
Organization criticizes Canada for trying to open up the definition of development assistance to include money spent on the support of security personnel in countries like Afghanistan. International donor countries are focusing their aid money on Afghanistan, Iraq and...
by Reality of Aid | Jan 2, 2006 | News
The Reality of Aid 2006 Theme Statement “Security and Development” Introduction to Reality of Aid: The Reality of Aid (RoA) Project is the only major north/south international non-government initiative focusing on analysis and lobbying for poverty eradication policies...
