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

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From: M Holmes
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In ed.general Ian Johnston <ian.groups@btinternet.com> wrote:

> 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?

Over 25 years, Africa has received about ten times as much aid as Asia.
Asia has made a considerably better job of getting folks out of
poverty. It may not be coincidence that many asian countries have
during that period moved their economies towards capitaism and trade.

> 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.

I find the debt arguments amazing: somehow it's the fault of western
countries that African countries maxed out their credit cards. It's
almost racist in its supposition that they can't be the authors of their
own misfortune through reckless borrowing.

FoFP

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From: M Holmes <fofp@holyrood.ed.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: EVENT: Join "Make Poverty History" riders to Edinburgh, Fri 1     July 2005
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