Dambisa Moyo, author of Dead Aid and one of Time's most influential people in 2009, posted this on twitter yesterday: "Villagers using mosquito nets as wedding gowns: Yet another unintended consequence of a 'good' deed." As someone trained in policy from Harvard and economics from Oxford, she should know better. As someone with an increasing amount of influence, she should really know better.
We shouldn't be using anecdotes as support for any policy formulation. This one especially concerns...
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