South Africa: Let This Fair, Simple Plan Take Flight

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Johannesburg — FIVE years ago, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly approved a set of targets for poverty reduction and human development to be achieved by 2015. If the resources available remain at current levels however, the so-called millennium development goals (MDGs) are beyond reach. The need for a radical increase in aid to poor countries is beyond dispute. The sums at hand are equally undisputed: $50bn a year in additional aid would be enough for the goals to be met by 2015, a paltry sum compared with the global gross national product of $40 trillion.

The question is where should the money come from.

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