Source: Reuters via Yahoo News
The world's richest nations have fallen $2 billion short of pledges promised last year to Africa for life-saving AIDS drugs, expanded trade, and increased aid.
With all the wealth and resources available in the world, one would think that helping out our fellow man in the midst of a horrific life or death struggle would be a slam dunk. For some reason though, the promised aid is coming up dangerously short.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The world's richest countries are falling short on pledges made last year to provide Africa with life-saving
AIDS drugs, expanded trade and increased aid, said rocker-activist Bono.
"They started out to climb an Everest but over the past year they got lost at base camp," Bono told Reuters in an interview after the release of a report by his lobby group Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa group, or DATA.
"Overall, there is one cheer on debt, half a cheer on AIDS and boos and wolf-whistles for what is happening on trade," Bono said.
To keep its aid promises, the report said wealthy countries should have increased aid by $3.6 billion last year, but spent $1.6 billion.
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