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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a
href="http://www.makeaidtransparent.org/"><b>Take
Action: Make Aid Transparent </b></a>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b>AID/WATCH</b>
along
with a coalition of more than forty civil society organisations
from
twenty countries around the world are calling on governments and
other aid donors to publish more and better information about the
money they give. </p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="en-GB">If
targeted well, foreign aid can make a positive contribution to
improving people's lives, reducing inequality and promoting
justice.
</span><b>But at the moment no one knows exactly how much money is
being spent, where or on what.</b> This undermines aid’s
potential
and its effectiveness. With more information, citizens in both
donor
and recipient countries could know whether aid money was having
the
best possible impact. </p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">This is why we are
calling on donors to make their aid more transparent. Providing
more
and better information about aid isn’t hard, but it will help save
lives, reduce corruption and waste and deliver lasting positive
change in the world’s poorest countries. </p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">As citizens we have a
right to know how aid money is being spent. <b><a
href="http://www.makeaidtransparent.org/">So
please join the campaign and sign the petition to make aid
transparent now. </a> </b>Your voice will make a difference.
Governments are reviewing their commitments and if they feel
public
pressure they will redouble efforts to keep their promises. </p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Sign the petition at:
<a href="http://www.makeaidtransparent.org/">www.makeaidtransparent.org</a></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Thanks! </p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">AID/WATCH</p>
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