Ugh. It's great that world leaders get together for functions like the G8 but are they ever going to move beyond these big statements that add up to nothing? At this point, why bother if this is the best they can do? The over-hyped and under-delivered routine is old. Bono is 100% spot on:
But the declaration set out no specific timetable, saying the money would flow "over the coming years." Neither did it break down individual countries' contributions or spell out how much of the sum had been previously promised.
"I am exasperated," Irish rock star and anti-poverty campaigner Bono told Reuters. "I think it is deliberately the language of obfuscation. It is deliberately misleading."
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