Shikha Dalmia on the Foreign Aid Flap Between Britain and India

February 28, 2012

It is customary in India to refuse a gift several times before reluctantly accepting it. But as Reason Foundation Senior Analyst Shikha Dalmia observes, India wasn’t playing social games recently when it tried in vain to end decades of British giving. What this flap eloquently demonstrates is the futility of foreign aid: Countries that most need it can’t use it effectively, and countries that can use it effectively don’t need it.

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