Opinion / DT 14-15 / 2007

Kidnapped by the aid industry

With the aid portfolio in the hands of a Development Minister from the Conservative Party, Swedish right-wingers have expected big changes in Sweden’s development policy. They are disappointed, as journalist Pär Krause and Fredrik Segerfeldt of Timbro Foundation write.
Pär Krause

Pär Krause is the author of the recently published book: The Swedish Aid Dependency (Timbro 2007).

 


Fredrik Segerfeldt
Fredrik Segerfeldt is Director, Programme on Aid and Global Development, Timbro Foundation in Stockholm.

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