Take 15 minutes and listen to this – why large scale aid fails.

Gordon Bridger has 40 years of experience working for the UN and for the British Government – his critique of the aid industry should be heard. His book How I Failed to Save the World is a must read for anyone interested in why aid fails and may cause harm.
In contrast to large scale aid small scale initiatives and people to people aid can work he argues.

Listen to what he had to say on Radio 4 today http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b01bm0py