I thought the
commentary below belonged in the FW discussion on Africa and global poverty, especially
in light of the G8 agenda and the root causes of terrorism, which havent been
addressed in the rush to war as the main response to 9/11.
We know that economic
progress is not made just
Ed,
The Executive Summary of the Commission for Africa Report is a quick read
and interesting -- very forthright on the issues Marcus Gee speaks about
andcomes from the recipients themselves.
http://www.commissionforafrica.org/index.html
Gail
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[Futurework] Poverty in Africa
Ed,
The Executive Summary of the Commission for Africa Report is a quick read
and interesting -- very forthright on the issues Marcus Gee speaks about
andcomes from the recipients themselves.
http://www.commissionforafrica.org/index.html
Gail
Ed,
At 09:23 06/07/2005 -0400, you wrote when posting the Gee
article:
Interesting take on aid
to Africa. It's also interesting that Jeffry Sachs has become
the academic guru of the End Poverty movement. Sachs
was a very prominent adviser to the Yeltsin government in Russia in the
early 1990s
At 21:39 06/07/2005 +0200, Christoph Reuss wrote:
Unless America and the
European Union reduce or demolish the tariff walls
against African-grown food, then the damage this does to millions
of
Africans far outweighs any conceivable level of international aid
that
Western governments could
Keith Hudson replied:
Africa's climate is such that it could grow more than enough food for
itself and to export lots more. This is what Africans themselves ask for as
one of the first steps on the ladder.
The first step must be to feed the locals. As long as millions are starving,
African
