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Pär Stenbäck
Par Stenback is a Finnish former Minister of Foreign Affairs and a former Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. He is an Executive Board Member of the International Crisis Group.
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Help the Poor Help Themselves
Pär Stenbäck Series: Human Rights 2009-05-25One early result of today’s global recession is that many donor governments are trimming their foreign aid programs. But by far the biggest transfer of assets from rich countries to the developing world takes place through migrant workers’ remittances, and it is this system that rich-country governments should be seeking to strengthen.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 12994
