Sunday, July 31, 2005

Why Didn't Live 8 Bring This Up?

James Shikwati knows who is too blame for persistent African poverty and recurring famines - Western philanthropy and greedy African governments.

"When aid money keeps coming, all our policy-makers do is strategize on how to get more," said the Kenya-based director of the Inter Region Economic Network, an African think tank.

"They forget about getting their own people working to solve these very basic problems. In Africa, we look to outsiders to solve our problems, making the victim not take responsibility to change."

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