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The Rise and Rise of Poverty Porn

The Rise and Rise of Poverty Porn

McLeod Group Blog, Feb. 16, 2015

‘It used to be that the best way to raise money for the developing world was to show the abject poverty that could be found there, but NGOs are finding that tactic no longer works.’ So says Nathaniel Whittemore in a thoughtful article—‘The Rise and Fall of Poverty Porn’—which talks about focusing on solutions rather than symptoms.

Is he right? Has the ‘pornography of poverty’ declined? Is it true that it doesn’t work? If you ...

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