Gerard Craughwell (Independent)
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Meeting those furthest behind is a very noble thing to do but is the spotlight then pointed on the government of the country in question to show that it is leaving the most deprived and impoverished to the mercy of NGOs? A point that strikes me is about if we pump money in - we are talking about a significant amount of money here - and do not have a clear audit track to follow exactly where every euro that is put out goes. It was stated that 17% is the NGO figure, so the rest is going into bilateral aid and various others. My fear is we could be propping up warlords all over the place and missing the target our guests want to hit. Is that a fair point?