By Christopher AkorSeptember 9, 2023The destructive effects of foreign aid (II) Opinions September 9, 2023By Christopher Akor Perhaps the greatest argument against open-ended aid is the damage it does to recipient countries’ social contracts and institutions of…
By Christopher AkorAugust 27, 2023The destructive effects of foreign aid (I) Opinions August 27, 2023By Christopher Akor Haiti is the 21st-century classic case study of the destructive effects of foreign aid. Following the 2010 earthquake that killed…
By Christopher AkorSeptember 18, 2022How not to help a country: Aid and the collapse of Haiti Editors' Pick Featured September 18, 2022By Christopher Akor Last year, I wrote about how Haiti’s institutions were completely hollowed out by the inflow of aid after the 2010…