Weekly Development Policy News

Click here (opens Google Reader) to access my weekly selection of mainstream news articles covering rich world policies and practices that affect poor people in developing countries.Last week's development news focused on aid to storm-drenched countries in the Caribbean as well as donor aid contributions to poor countries in other parts of the world.Sample articles:Rescuers can't get Aid to Flooded, Hungry Haiti Town (CNN: 9/4/08)Tropical storm Hanna ravaged the infrastructure of Haiti stranding many Haitians without access to food. Despite UN efforts, transporting food into cities such as Gonaives remains challenging.Donors’ Aid to Poor Nations Declines, UN Reports (New York Times: 9/4/08)High food and energy prices increase the strain on poor people in devloping countries; however, aid from rich-country donors that might help to combat these challenges is declining, according to a UN report. The report reveals that foreign aid to poor countries declined by 8.4 percent in 2007.Read all the articles from this week (opens Google Reader)