Nigeria: Govt, Not Business, Can Deliver Services – Oxfam

Wednesday, September 6, 2006

Only governments can effectively deliver services like health and education to the poorest, development group Oxfam said in a report yesterday critical of groups like the World Bank for hindering poverty programs by pushing private-sector solutions.

The report comes a year after industrial nations pledged to double aid to poor countries by 2010, and donors and development groups look closer at how aid can be made more effective in fighting poverty.

“Only governments can reach the scale necessary to provide universal access to services that are free or heavily subsidized for poor people and geared to the needs of all citizens,” Oxfam said in a 124-page report.

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Source: AllAfrica.com (link opens in a new window)