Foreign Aid and its unintended consequences

Auf dem bereits weiter unten erwähten Blog von IMANI Director Franklin Cudjoe erschien kürzlich ein Artikel zum obigen Thema. Es handelte sich um einen offenen Brief an die Mitglieder des amerikanischen Congress. Hier der Beginn, die Fortsetzung über den Link.

"Each year numerous non-governmental organizations pressure the world’s leaders and international financial institutions for debt forgiveness for some of the world’s poorest countries. Groups such as Oxfam, DATA (led by U2’s Bono), Jubilee USA and others like Jesse Jackson plead for relief on behalf of the world’s poorest citizens. Their efforts have succeeded in securing billions of dollars in loan forgiveness.

This campaign is a well intentioned effort meant to facilitate a rise from poverty for the world’s poor. While the ultimate goal is no doubt noble, the approach used to achieve these goals undermines the very efforts aimed at reducing poverty in the developing world." >> more