Charity begins at home: should we redirect aid away from developing countries to the UK?

January brought Britain’s annual flooding crisis and, with it, the inevitable calls for Britain’s aid budget to be redirected to domestic priorities. Joe Cerrell of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will consider the impact aid is having around the world, looking at examples of successful projects and discussing the ways development is addressing some of the world’s most difficult problems, prompting us to question some of the assumptions about aid spending and its effectiveness.

Joe Cerrell (@CerrJ) is Managing Director, Global Policy and Advocacy for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Joe oversees the foundation's relationships with donor governments in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East. Prior to his time at the foundation, he served in a variety of senior roles in government and strategy consulting practices, including positions in the Clinton White House under former Vice President Al Gore and at APCO Worldwide.

The Department of International Development (@LSE_ID) promotes interdisciplinary post-graduate teaching and research on processes of social, political and economic development and change.  

The LSE Africa Centre (@AfricaAtLSE) cements LSE’s long-term and ongoing commitment to placing Africa at the heart of understandings and debates about global issues.

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