An article has appeared recently that getting some attention. It’s an opinion piece, or blog entry (depending on where you find it), that asserts a few people are getting rich from the aid and development industry in South Sudan, while most South Sudanese are given much lower pay. You can read the article at the Sudan Sudan News Agency website: how-aid-agencies-cheat-donors-in-the-name-of-south-sudan. But that is only the text. The full impact is felt when the images are also included, as in the blog piece at PaanLuel Wël Blog Entry: How Aid Agencies Cheat Donors in the Name of South Sudan.
I am interested in the article because it probably voices thoughts that many people have: that there are a few people getting rich out of the aid and development industry in South Sudan. Such criticism of the aid industry has been around for a long time, notably in the book…
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