Debate on British Aid
Comment on "Aidwatchers.com":
"The parlous state of the public finances in Britain provides the perfect opportunity for British taxpayers to end their half-century-long experiment with “ development aid”, which has, since its inception, stunted growth and subsidised bad governance in Africa.
As Africans, we urge the generous-spirited British to reconsider an aid, programme they can il l afford, and which we do not want or need. A real offer from the British people to help our development would consist of the abolition of the Common Agricultural Policy, which keeps African agricultural exports out of the European marketplace.
It is that egregious policy, combined with the weight of regulations, bad laws and stifling bureaucracy, subsidised by five decades of development aid, which prevents Africans from lifting themselves out of poverty."
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That's the point: The North must change the frame conditions, not deliver development aid on an alibi ticket!
"The parlous state of the public finances in Britain provides the perfect opportunity for British taxpayers to end their half-century-long experiment with “ development aid”, which has, since its inception, stunted growth and subsidised bad governance in Africa.
As Africans, we urge the generous-spirited British to reconsider an aid, programme they can il l afford, and which we do not want or need. A real offer from the British people to help our development would consist of the abolition of the Common Agricultural Policy, which keeps African agricultural exports out of the European marketplace.
It is that egregious policy, combined with the weight of regulations, bad laws and stifling bureaucracy, subsidised by five decades of development aid, which prevents Africans from lifting themselves out of poverty."
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That's the point: The North must change the frame conditions, not deliver development aid on an alibi ticket!
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