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Would you like to say? action on poverty works in _ would you like to say? action on poverty works in sub-saharan i would you like to say? action on - poverty works in sub-saharan africa, poverty works in sub—saharan africa, the point i want to take issue with is the point that money from the international aid budget goes into the pockets of politicians. afghanistan was a case apart. we all know the political reasons why what was done there was done. but the fact is, the vast majority of the international aid is incredibly closely scrutinised by the uk government. i have had grants for inter...

They were not working together. so we had different priorities. so, my key priority was to set up a reading programme across the country. and when i went to see what the other ngos and the other big organisations were doing, their strategic plans and their priorities were very different. my point is that there was a quick win here, although the organisations work slowly and independently, in my experience, i think that there is an opportunity to look at a collective approach, a collective accountability, to get some of these programmes really embedded in the country. excellent oint. pete embed...

To make another point?— to make another point? i have been to make another point? i have been to somaliland. _ to make another point? i have been to somaliland, i _ to make another point? i have been to somaliland, i have _ to make another point? i have been to somaliland, i have been - to make another point? i have been to somaliland, i have been to - to make another point? i have been to somaliland, i have been to the i to somaliland, i have been to the hospital, it is extraordinary. but many came in to help build the hospital, and there is a huge somali niasse brit community in the uk and...

Evenin like haiti, somalia and afghanistan, even in those places, what aid has done is stop problems leading to mass loss of life. i worked in the mid—19 80s, where1 million people died in a famine. people don't die infamine any died in a famine. people don't die in famine any more, there has only been one famine killing lots of people in the 20th century. 0ne been one famine killing lots of people in the 20th century. one of the reasons for that is that aid agencies do a good job of stopping people dying in those circumstances. you need to have limited expectation for what aid can do. it ca...

Cardiff, good morning, everyone. anthony, can you go first? good morning, what would you like to see. my morning, what would you like to see. my point is we pay so little, i pay so little in tax that goes to overseas aid, i remember a breakdown of my tax from last year, the last tax year, 0.5% of tax was spent on overseas aid, and given that ip about £7,000 a year in tax, it was £38 a year. some people may think thatis £38 a year. some people may think that is too much, but now they want to reduce that and i think it's embarrassing. i'm appalled sometimes to be a part of this country and a ...