Why Development Aid is not working

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Ignite presentation for Marketing class at Presidio Graduate School: Over the last 60 years $1 Trillion has been spent on development-related projects. But development aid was not successful, for example, in reducing the number of people suffering from hunger. Instead of spending more and more money on large-scale development projects, we should learn from the failed aid-approach and promote local and community based solutions that respect the poor and their skills and assets.

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Why Aid isn’t working and what we can learn

$ 1 Trillion in Aid

$1 Trillion in Aid

925,000,000 People are suffering from Hunger

The Chad – Cameroon

Pipeline Project $4

Billion (World Bank)

Only 15% of development aid trickles down

Aid – more gives you

less

Lesson #1 Listen

Lesson #2Discover Skills

Lesson #3Discover Beauty

Lesson #4Opportunities

Lesson #5No Business as usual

Lesson #6A Market not a Burden

Lesson #7Simple & Local

Lesson #8: See the big Picture