GiveDirectly has been the victim of fraud in the Democratic Republic of Congo. But the real victims are the thousands of severely impoverished people now deprived of help.
Also in today’s edition: We have an update on the PEPFAR abortion tussle, and take a look at impact finance.
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Helen Murphy
Helen is an award-winning journalist and Senior Editor at Devex, where she edits coverage on global development in the Americas. Based in Colombia, she previously covered war, politics, financial markets, and general news for Reuters, where she headed the bureau, and for Bloomberg in Colombia and Argentina, where she witnessed the financial meltdown. She started her career in London as a reporter for Euromoney Publications before moving to Hong Kong to work for a daily newspaper.
