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The Poor Wars

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Is the rich world helping the plight of the world's poor or ripping them off? I nternational policytowardsthe poor offers hope of a better life, lifting them out of poverty, bringing stability and growth, say our governments. It is wrong, immoral and incompetent say critics, and the West grows fat. There's a war over the world's poor, on the streets and now too in the corridors of power. The first of a two-part investigation by Evan Davis of the claims, counterclaims, the warring factions and, above all, the lives of those at the receiving end of policy made in Washington. Producer Michael Blastland Repeated on Sunday

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Evan Davis
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Michael Blastland

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