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Aid-raising Projects or Money-minting Machines for NGOs?
Oct 21 2005, Bhawana Negi

Lords of Poverty by Graham Hancock dares to reveal not only the failure of the big projects, but also unmasks the immoral character of the protagonists. Hancock has pointed out as to how the NGOs on the pretext of doing social cause cheat western public...

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