Bob Geldof’s obsession with aid hurt Africa. But now trade is healing the scars
Published in The Independent (May 28th, 2012) I first became aware of Bob Geldof in 1977 when I bought the... Read Full Article
Iceland owes us billions. Why on earth is the EU giving millions of our money in aid?
Published in The Daily Mail (March 8th, 2012) For all its recent problems, Iceland remains a prosperous place. Visiting there... Read Full Article
The aid business has grown fat. It’s time there was proper scrutiny
Published in The Spectator (February 18th, 2012) Such a simple question: should Oxfam spend a couple of hundred pounds a... Read Full Article
Haiti and the shaming of the aid zealots
Published in the Daily Mail (January 27th, 2011) The first thing that strikes you is the smell: a sweet, sickly... Read Full Article
Monster behind genocide and rape squads
Published in the Daily Mail (July 27th, 2011) Women and children – desperately sick and weak after months on the... Read Full Article
The former British colony that shows Africa doesn’t need our millions to flourish
Published in The Mail on Sunday (July 24th, 2011) The Summer Time restaurant was buzzing. On the dusty road outside,... Read Full Article
Ten great myths about foreign aid
Published in the Daily Mail (July 7th, 2011) As he pledged to pour hundreds of millions more into propping up... Read Full Article
The corrosive legacy of Live Aid
Published in the Daily Mail (June 4th, 2011) Like most people of my generation, I can still recall with utmost... Read Full Article
Stop the flow of cash to Rwanda’s despotic regime
Published in The Times (May 23rd, 2011) Somehow, we never seem to learn. This year, we have seen seismic uprisings... Read Full Article
Despite our noble intentions, aid does not solve problems – it just makes them worse
Published in the Daily Mail (May 18th, 2011) The Marriott Hotel in Islamabad symbolises Pakistan’s profound problems with terrorism and... Read Full Article