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In Africa, Do What Works
By Joshua Weissburg | Fri Nov 27 2009
What a refreshing piece from the New York Times columnist (and longtime development aid advocate) Nicholas Kristof in last Sunday's Times. His insightful take on the much-debated value of development aid titled simply How Can We Help the World's Poor, was right on the money. Kristof advises that we take note of but look past the headline-grabbing debates between the various camps promoting or excoriating aid as a giant waste of time.
Look, says Kristof, to the projects that
are
being rigorously evaluated, some of which actually produce measurable results for the poor. And guess what? Many of these turn out to be businesses:I was recently in Liberia, a fragile African democracy struggling to rebuild. It is chock-full of aid groups rushing around in white S.U.V.’s doing wonderful work. But it also needs factories to employ people, build skills and pay salaries and taxes."
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