[kictanet] 'Poverty barons' who make a fortune from taxpayer-funded aid budget

[Agosta Liko]

The Department for International Development (DFID) paid almost £500million
last year to consultants, mostly British, many of whom earn six, even
seven-figure incomes, courtesy of the taxpayer.

DFID also funds dozens of foreign consultancy firms. It is paying £6million
to the University of Cape Town to investigate mental health issues in
southern Africa and millions of pounds to US-based organisations, including
the Clinton Foundation, the International Food Policy Research Institute
and Family Health Inter-national.

It is paying a Washington-based group, Search for Common Ground,
£3.9million to “support the electoral cycle in Sierra Leone”. Consultancy
firms in India and Uganda are also receiving large sums.


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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9545584/Poverty-barons-who-make-a-fortune-from-taxpayer-funded-aid-budget.html
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