>Quite an informative and inspiring message to read, my fellow Pan Africanists. Keep up the good work.
Izwe lethu, iAfrika! Mawabo Sijila ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Ezrom Mokgakala <[email protected]> > Date: 2009/2/23 > Subject: Learning from China > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected], "Louis M. Simelane" <[email protected]> > > > Learning from the East: Fighting poverty in The Peoples' Republic of > China > > When it comes to fighting poverty, almost all the experts agree that The > Peoples' Republic of China is the best place to begin. "China has set an > example internationally for reducing poverty, raising hundreds of millions > of people out of poverty in twenty years," said Yukon Huang, Chief of the > World Bank's Resident Mission in the Peoples' Republic. > > The Chinese Government embarked on a poverty reduction campaign in 1978 > and > by 1993, the number of poor people in China was reduced from 250 million > to > only 80 million- a very impressive achievement indeed. > > With a US$35 billion support from the World Bank, the government of The > Peoples' Republic of China launched a carefully planned and monitored > campaign, consisting of over 220 projects scartered around the > country-side > to address the problem of poverty. > Although many western experts believe that China's success comes from her > abondoning the Socialist path of development, especially after the > celebrated failure of The Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution > and > that it was easy for China to pick up the > pieces left by these canpaigns to fight poverty, it is the experience from > these campaigns that made possible for China to succeed in fighting > poverty > among her people. > > It is my contention that Africans who want to learn how to fight poverty > from the Peoples' > Republic, especially those who call themselves Africanists, must start by > learning about the Peasant Revolts of feudal China, the Great Proletranian > Revolution, the Cultural Revolution and the Great Leap Forward. > > Ezrom Serame Mokgakala > > > > > -- > “I want people to remember me as someone whose life has been helpful to > humanity.” Sankara > > > > ------------------------------------------- South Africas premier free email service - www.webmail.co.za ------------------------------------------------------------------ For super low premiums, click here http://home.webmail.co.za/dd.pwm --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Groups "Pan Africanist Youth Congress of Azania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/payco Visit our website at www.geocities.com/paycoonline //panafricanist.blogspot.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
