Family, friends, and neighbors offered logistical support that aided balancing preexisting work and household responsibilities with new obligations.
However, any work that aided Iraq's military would be a clear violation of the sanctions rules.
We also find no evidence that aid works better in better policy or geographical environments, or that certain forms of aid work better than others.
The point is that one cannot study just one outcome from aid (such as economic growth) and draw a general conclusion that aid "works" or "does not work".
Too often the aid lobbies have cheered them on, loth to acknowledge the flaws in people they need to prove that aid works.
The Bank, for instance, cites success stories for individual countries, notably the spectacular reduction of poverty in China, as evidence that aid works.
The summit, he added, made the wider case that aid works and can make a difference at a time of austerity.
Looking only at development aid, the report argues, you find that aid works: it spurs growth.Also, the report says that a lot of aid in the past has been badly designed: too much reliance on short-term-funding, for instance, causing projects to fail because recurrent expenses cannot be covered.
Comparing scores of countries in one statistical sweep, these studies concluded that the poor do not get left behind by growth; that poverty falls when tariffs are cut; and that aid works, but only if the governments that receive it pursue "sound" policies.
Our role in the launch is to make the case that aid works, to thank the UK government and people for their long history of generosity, and to encourage them to continue to support spending on global health and development.
