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How Can Other Countries Best Help Sierra Leone?
Is Aid really a solution to the causes of poverty in countries like Sierra Leone?
Mark Doyle reports from Sierra Leone where conditions are so poor that one in four children die before the age of five. In the run-up to July's G8 summit, Britain is calling for the world's richest nations to treble the amount of development aid. But is aid really a solution to the causes of poverty?