Bob and Bono Believed That Working with the G8 Would Help the World's Poor. It Didn't. But the Cause Isn't Lost Yet

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THE Gleneagles G8 summit has long since come and gone and the predictions made by some of us at the time are already coming to pass. Lots of fine words, any number of promises made to the world's poor, and precious little action. The recriminations have begun to affect almost everyone involved - everyone, that is, save the eight powerful men who made all those fine promises.

They sail on, content to have said the right things at the right time for the benefit of the cameras. For them, after all, the words are what matter; the words are on the record. Who can claim that Tony Blair doesn't care about global poverty? Check the speeches.

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Bob and Bono Believed That Working with the G8 Would Help the World's Poor. It Didn't. But the Cause Isn't Lost Yet

Last week, the UN was berating all of the rich, developed countries who have promised aid to the victims of the Asian earthquake. Tens of millions of dollars have been "pledged". Yet of these theoretical sums only a fraction has emerged from virtual political reality to pay for help where it is actually needed. If the UN is to be believed, the bigger economies such as Japan and America are doing much ...

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