One article leads to some of the latest ponderings on the age-old question of whether aid can win hearts-and-minds:
http://ping.fm/WDH5o
Can Hearts and Minds Be Bought? The Economics of Counterinsurgency in Iraq
http://ping.fm/y4yze
Do they think we're stupid? Local perceptions of US 'hearts and minds' activities in Kenya
http://ping.fm/C6Cmi
Afghanistan war: How USAID loses hearts and minds
http://ping.fm/qR77p