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18-10-2015 2:05 PM
@upthecreekyetagain wrote:It's interesting that Dambisa Moyo, (the author of the article linked to), has made clear that she is not being critical of the sort of aid provided by groups such as WaterAid but rather that of government to government 'aid' and loans that result in the African nations repaying $20 billion a year to the West!
"FC: What have the NGOs said?
Moyo: I'm a bit annoyed because I think they have been quite mean, misrepresenting some of the things I say. I keep saying there are three types of aid: humanitarian aid, charity aid—I'm not talking about those in the book—and government aid. "
Unless the resources are provided to enable the developing countries to support their population then migration to the West will continue until an equilibrium is attained. Making the West a better and better place to live whilst at the same time starving those in need of assistance is no way to stem migration.
The population in africa is still one of the fastest growing in the world, for reasons i understand , but find hard to comprehend.
Would you try and bring up a family where such hardship remains. Yet 8 African countries are in the top 10 expanding populations.
I agree that investment loans and the systematic plundering of africas resources should be taken to hand, as well as thefts in their own system, but at the same time we cannot deny that legitimate grants and aid never reach those intended.
http://gga.org/stories/editions/aif-10-aid-the-bottomless-pit/stolen-aid-slays-development
Im not sure what your idea of equalibrium is?
Migration is not the solution, education certainly would help, along with a proper management of their economy, and re investment in their own countries as at the moment 40% of their wealth is invested abroad. Dictatorships are a major problem to development.
Also-
In July 2005, Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission revealed that a succession of military dictators stole or squandered $500 billion – equivalent to all Western aid to Africa over the past four decades.
Though i loath putting links to the mail though greatly exagerated we get the drift.
