8-1-11 guardian column - foreign aid

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 Printing sponsored by: US must learn from Britain and not cut foreign aid While the US debt talks are making the headlines, the battle over the 2012 budget is already under way and the NGO community fears cuts to crucial foreign aid programmes Two boys push a wheelbarrow of water containers past a wall made from used USAid tins in the Dagahaley refugee camp at Dadaab, in Kenya. USAid's operating expenses could be slashed by 27%. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images Current budget battles in Washington could result in an erosion of our coun try's "soft power" as US agencies who implement core foreign assistance programmes come under financial attack.

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