tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558040555856782146.post1267993927996378688..comments2023-11-03T06:31:25.211-07:00Comments on Hamish In Auckland: Lord Ashcroft's greed. Britain you are better than this.H Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18154664107900294897noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558040555856782146.post-31733665860796430882012-09-25T22:35:33.026-07:002012-09-25T22:35:33.026-07:00Thanks HamishThanks HamishAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558040555856782146.post-14796700972358685732012-09-25T00:35:23.580-07:002012-09-25T00:35:23.580-07:00Hi Terence
Just read your post at development pol...Hi Terence <br />Just read your post at development policy blog. An excellent piece of thinking.H Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18154664107900294897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558040555856782146.post-41608381435536237412012-09-24T14:29:29.923-07:002012-09-24T14:29:29.923-07:00Thanks for the critique Hamish. I thought it was a...Thanks for the critique Hamish. I thought it was an infuriating letter and that the coverage of it was pretty poor. The main problem I had was that it's factual accuracy is very questionable. I go through some of the actual facts on aid flows and aid effectiveness here:<br />Thanks for the critique. The trouble with Lord Ashcroft is that while he claims allegiance to the to the facts, his letter is factually wrong, or at the very least misleading, in quite a few instances. He completely represents the aid effectiveness literature, for example. I go through this in some detail here: http://devpolicy.org/lord-ashcrofts-taps/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com