Opportunity not aid
Interesting article in Businessweek - would make some great generic negative cards to use against any case!
These discussions, especially the one on foreign aid, contained some surprises. Going in, we expected to hear the all too familiar lament on the need for more aid. Instead, one participant after another cited the distorting effect aid has on African economies, and expressed a desire for more imaginative, market-based approaches.
“We have become dependent states and most of our governments look for handouts. That has got to change,” I was told by Kingsley Fletcher, also known as King Adamtey I, the Suapolor or traditional ruler of the Se (Shai) state in Ghana. “We want to be partners. We don’t want to be seen as those who only receive.”
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