We must reduce insecurity without turning aid into a tool of war | International Alert
We must reduce insecurity without turning aid into a tool of war Alert's Secretary General responds to The Guardian Date : Friday, 22 January, 2010 Letter published in The Guardian on 27 January 2010
Madeleine Bunting (Comment, 25 January) makes some good points about the risk of our overseas development assistance effectively subsidising military spending. But even better and bigger points lie in the inability of traditional social projects to reduce inequality unless as much attention is given to assisting countries to build peace and develop stable and responsible governance.
The debate now needed is how to deliver non-military assistance that reduces the threat of insecurity. The idea that the only way to respond to the threat of insecurity is by action within the security sphere is self-defeatingly narrow. But running away from the words "security", "conflict" and "politics", as some NGOs were trying to do, is even less productive.
Contact Person: Communications Contact Email: communications@international-alert.org Read this letter in The Guardian News
We must reduce insecurity without turning aid into a tool of war | International Alert
We must reduce insecurity without turning aid into a tool of war Alert's Secretary General responds to The Guardian Date : Friday, 22 January, 2010 Letter published in The Guardian on 27 January 2010
Madeleine Bunting (Comment, 25 January) makes some good points about the risk of our overseas development assistance effectively subsidising military spending. But even better and bigger points lie in the inability of traditional social projects to reduce inequality unless as much attention i
s given to assisting countries to build peace and develop stable and responsible governance.
The debate now needed is how to deliver non-military assistance that reduces the threat of insecurity. The idea that the only way to respond to the threat of insecurity is by action within the security sphere is self-defeatingly narrow. But running away from the words "security", "conflict" and "politics", as some NGOs were trying to do, is even less productive.
Contact Person: Communications Contact Email: communications@international-alert.org Read this letter in The Guardian News