Homemade Aid
- added May 31, 2008
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Shot in Brick Lane in the heart of London's East End, this film reveals the extent of remittances.This is money sent by migrants and Diasporas to friends, families and villages in some of the world's poorest countries. They don't wear their heart on their sleeve or a wristband to show they care and they go on sending money when the shocking TV images have faded. Remittances outstrip aid and foreign direct investment for many developing countries. There are no strings attached and as the film suggests, remittances better represent the aspirations of our peers globally than much of contemporary charitable giving and celebrity pleading to buy a hoe or a goat.
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- worldwrite
- 3 months ago
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when people use a developed country's economy to help their families in another less developed country, it helps everyone by stimulating the economy of the receiving family' country. poverty helps noone.
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- subversivelyhere
- 3 months ago
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