Aid Does More Good Than Harm

This week’s Spectator cover story asks ‘Does aid do more harm than good?’ But there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that aid does ‘more good’ than ‘harm’.Much of Harriet Sergeant’s dilemma seems to be fueled by an angst ridden reading of the book Dead Aid, by Zambian economist Dambisa Moyo. As someone who was working at the Department for International Development in 2009 when the book was first published, I have some sympathy for the sentiment.