Offering aid without development is costing lives in the global south | Letter

The west is acting like the empires of old and failing to help poor people stand on their own two feet, says Benny DembitzerThe debate in the Guardian (Outrage aimed at No 10 as MPs back £4bn cut to foreign aid budget, 13 July; Letters, 15 July) over the past few days has only contributed to the continuation of a fundamental error that is literally costing millions of lives in the global south. None of the politicians or correspondents who have intervened in the discussions have emphasised