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Al-Resalah Net · 2014-07-29
During the 2014 war, economic expert Omar Shaban warns in Al-Resalah that companies, institutions and individuals are racing for a share of the “donations cake”, while some international institutions facing budget shortfalls are waiting for the war to end in order to fill their coffers and bring in staff from their own countries. He faults the consensus government for its inexperience and its silence on how donations are collected and distributed, calls for a clear oversight mechanism, full disclosure of who manages relief funds and advance announcement of how aid will be distributed, and notes that hundreds of families whose homes were destroyed in the 2008 and 2012 wars were never compensated.
During the 2014 war, economic expert Omar Shaban warns in Al-Resalah that companies, institutions and individuals are racing for a share of the “donations cake”, while some international institutions facing budget shortfalls are waiting for the war to end in order to fill their coffers and bring in…