Re: EVENT: Join "Make Poverty History" riders to Edinburgh, Fri 1 July 2005

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From: Ian Johnston
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 21:28

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On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 18:06:04 UTC, David Hansen 
<SENDdavidNOhSPAM@spidacom.co.uk> wrote:

> You have however been given the opportunity to find out.
> http://www.makepovertyhistory.org/whatwewant/index.shtml is a
> reasonable starting point.

I am intersted by "Aid should support poor countries' and communities'
own plans and paths out of poverty."

The only reason we have to give them aid is that they have proved 
utterly unable to plan a path out of poverty so far. What reason is 
there to believe that that will change? How much aid to we give to 
South Korea these days?

Then there is the contradiction - we are told not to give aid with 
strings attached, and also to direct it at health care and education. 
What if the local reckon, as so often, that the best path out of 
poverty is o take over the gold mines in the country next door?

I actually agree with a lot of what they say, but I still think a 
significant amount is hopelessly naive and also deeply patronising to 
Africans.

Ian

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Subject: Re: EVENT: Join "Make Poverty History" riders to Edinburgh, Fri 1     July 2005
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