Sunday, 23 May 2010

POVERTY: Poverty porn at election time

Candidates in the Philippines are skilled at exploiting what development economists call poverty porn. They’re great at shanty-town photo opportunities and promising prosperity. A fresh sense of betrayal sets in as leaders return to the business of enriching their cronies or doing little.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-02/poverty-porn-isn-t-much-help-in-this-1-25-world-william-pesek.html

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