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Overseas Aid and Development Debate

Geoff Riley

23rd July 2015

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How effective is overseas aid in promoting and sustaining growth and development in poorer countries? This is a huge ongoing debate in development economics. Our Storify draws on different contributions to the discussion and will be updated regularly as new issues, research and topical stories appear.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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