A Critique of Lawson’s “Aid to Africa Must Be Doubled”
In one of its reports, UNICEF states that more than 22,000 children die daily because of poverty and they “die quietly in some of the poorest villages on earth, far removed from the scrutiny and the conscience of the world. Being meek and weak in life makes these dying multitudes even more invisible in death.” The former heartbreaking report caused the world’s eight wealthiest countries to form a council, adequately named the group of eight, which meets annually to discuss ways to help lift incapable countries out of poverty. Despite forming the group of 8 in 1975 and meeting 30 times until the year 2005, the leaders could not come up with a solution that proved effective to release African people from their misery. That’s why in the year 2005, an association called Live 8 whose aim was to shine a light on the severity of the situation in Africa was formed, and it started pressuring the leaders of the Group of Eight to “end the scandal of stupid, immoral poverty in Africa.”
On June 21 2005, and amid all the pressure exerted on the group of eight to find a solution for Africa’s situation, Max Dawson who is a policy advisor for Oxfam (yet another association that aims to reduce poverty) decided to argue the case of doubling aid to African countries. Dawson’s web-article titled “Aid to Africa ‘must be doubled’” that was posted on the BBC news website strongly argues that emergency aid to Africa is not enough but Africa should be supplied with long-term aid in order to prosper. While Dawson’s arguments were reasonable, he committed some errors in terms of interpreting information and providing valid solutions.
In his article titled “Aid to Africa 'must be doubled”, Dawson asserts that emergency aid to Africa is not enough, but long term aid should be provided to help Africa bloom socially, economically and politically. Max Dawson states that British emergency-aid has helped remove some kids from the streets where they would have encountered infectious diseases, and
On June 21 2005, and amid all the pressure exerted on the group of eight to find a solution for Africa’s situation, Max Dawson who is a policy advisor for Oxfam (yet another association that aims to reduce poverty) decided to argue the case of doubling aid to African countries. Dawson’s web-article titled “Aid to Africa ‘must be doubled’” that was posted on the BBC news website strongly argues that emergency aid to Africa is not enough but Africa should be supplied with long-term aid in order to prosper. While Dawson’s arguments were reasonable, he committed some errors in terms of interpreting information and providing valid solutions.
In his article titled “Aid to Africa 'must be doubled”, Dawson asserts that emergency aid to Africa is not enough, but long term aid should be provided to help Africa bloom socially, economically and politically. Max Dawson states that British emergency-aid has helped remove some kids from the streets where they would have encountered infectious diseases, and