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International development: Britain unveils plan to stop misuse of aid to poor countries

                   
guardian.co.uk
03-Sep-2008
        
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Britain's international development secretary, Douglas Alexander, will today announce a global initiative aimed at preventing the misuse of western aid to developing countries through bribery, corruption and waste. In a plan backed by the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme and the European commission, Britain intends to make it easier for people in poor countries to track how aid budgets are... [read full story]                    

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