Africa: Development Aid Dutch Style - With an Eye to Profit

Via AllAfrica | 05 Dec 2011 - 20:00:57
Constructing water systems in a village in Ghana, training courses for South African farmers, better education in a little school in Kenya. These aren't the first things you think of when talking about the Dutch supermarket giant Albert Heijn. But they're part and parcel of it, says the supermarket chain. "It's very much business-driven. It bears almost no resemblance to charity or good causes." Source