<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475</id><updated>2011-08-22T12:28:49.191Z</updated><category term='en français'/><category term='Islam'/><category term='EPAs'/><category term='None'/><category term='aid-critic'/><category term='(Agrar-)Subventionen'/><category term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><category term='Deutschsprachig'/><category term='NEPAD/APRM'/><category term='Slavery/Human Rights-Menschenhandel'/><category term='Afrika zu Gast bei der WM'/><category term='Ghana'/><category term='English speaking'/><category term='Koloniale Überhänger / Colonial attitude'/><category term='Über China / on China'/><category term='Zimbabwe'/><title type='text'>EZ Maghreb / Afrika Blog</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>197</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-7870461550331844070</id><published>2011-08-08T12:28:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-08-08T12:28:39.656Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>My critical assessment of neo-patrimonalism and dependency prone development aid is known. Not all is as bad as I sometimes think. Quoi qu'il en soit, judge for yourself.


Developmental patrimonialism?Rethinking business and politics in Africaby Tim Kelsall
Africa may have some of the world’s fastest-growing	economies,	but investment and incomes still lag far behind other regions. Conventional </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/7870461550331844070/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=7870461550331844070&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/7870461550331844070'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/7870461550331844070'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-critical-assessment-of-neo.html' title=''/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-8382941057556928201</id><published>2010-11-24T13:26:00.004Z</published><updated>2010-11-24T14:00:13.242Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='en français'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Koloniale Überhänger / Colonial attitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>50 Jahre afrikansiche Unabhängigkeit: Afrikaner müssen kämpfen!</title><summary type='text'>Aux Africains de se battreDix-sept pays africains fêtent cette année le cinquantenaire de leur accession à l’indépendance. Mais il n’y a rien à commémorer, estime Achille Mbembé. L’intellectuel camerounais appelle à une transformation radicale du continent, avec le concours de la communauté internationale.01.04.2010  Achille Mbembe  Le Messagerplus &gt;&gt; Courrier internationalBereits am 1. April </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/8382941057556928201/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=8382941057556928201&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8382941057556928201'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8382941057556928201'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2010/11/50-jahre-afrikansiche-unabhangigkeit.html' title='50 Jahre afrikansiche Unabhängigkeit: Afrikaner müssen kämpfen!'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-5678726559914403036</id><published>2010-10-22T08:10:00.002Z</published><updated>2010-10-22T08:14:53.569Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Overcoming poverty: Charging donors is too easy</title><summary type='text'>Home Grown Hope: Small Steps to Ending PovertyWednesday, October 20, 2010By Karol C. BoudreauxBut poverty rates remain stubbornly high in sub-Saharan Africa. Why is Africa lagging? An important part of the answer is that African governments make it difficult for millions of small-scale African entrepreneurs to create, invest in and grow their businesses.more on &gt;&gt; africanliberty.org</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/5678726559914403036/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=5678726559914403036&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/5678726559914403036'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/5678726559914403036'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2010/10/home-grown-hope-small-steps-to-ending.html' title='Overcoming poverty: Charging donors is too easy'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-5688373530636082550</id><published>2010-10-20T16:49:00.003Z</published><updated>2010-10-20T16:53:56.979Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Koloniale Überhänger / Colonial attitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aid-critic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>The misgivings of Donorlandia: Screwing up</title><summary type='text'>The plight of the African intellectual – a moral fableWednesday, October 20, 2010By William EasterlyOnce upon a time, there were two great lands: Donorlandia and Africa. Donorlandia had many intellectuals who opined about the solutions for Africa, who received much attention in the media of Donorlandia. Few African intellectuals received as much, or even any, such attention when they discussed </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/5688373530636082550/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=5688373530636082550&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/5688373530636082550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/5688373530636082550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2010/10/misgivings-of-donorlandia-screwing-up.html' title='The misgivings of Donorlandia: Screwing up'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-4361635152623427917</id><published>2010-10-13T12:50:00.008Z</published><updated>2010-10-20T16:55:59.313Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aid-critic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Die Technische Zusammenarbeit hat ausgedient</title><summary type='text'>Interview mit Brigitta Villaronga, Leiterin von InWEnt in Feldafing„Die Technische Zusammenarbeit hat ausgedient“„Die Technische Zusammenarbeit hat ausgedient“ – mit dieser These haben Sie bei Ihrem Vortrag an der Akademie für Politische Bildung für große Diskussion gesorgt. Was genau meinen Sie damit?Villaronga: Das war zugespitzt formuliert, trifft aber das Problem. Die Technische </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/4361635152623427917/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=4361635152623427917&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/4361635152623427917'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/4361635152623427917'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2010/10/die-technische-zusammenarbeit-hat.html' title='Die Technische Zusammenarbeit hat ausgedient'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-2098822524138655109</id><published>2010-09-30T09:02:00.002Z</published><updated>2010-10-22T11:45:09.654Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aid-critic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Why Good Governance Matters More in Africa Than Aid</title><summary type='text'>"African leaders ask "Why can’t the rich Western countries provide $70billion annually to meet the MDGs? It’s only a fraction of their annual GDP. They can easily spare it, but it would mean so much in the developing world." Western aid advocates do their part by painting gory pictures of famine and disease in Africa to justify the demand. Yet, some way, somehow, African leaders have been able to</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/2098822524138655109/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=2098822524138655109&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/2098822524138655109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/2098822524138655109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2010/09/why-good-governance-matters-more-in.html' title='Why Good Governance Matters More in Africa Than Aid'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-2113133430432164385</id><published>2010-09-03T15:22:00.006Z</published><updated>2010-10-20T16:56:47.302Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='None'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Koloniale Überhänger / Colonial attitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aid-critic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Debate on British Aid</title><summary type='text'>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</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/2113133430432164385/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=2113133430432164385&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/2113133430432164385'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/2113133430432164385'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2010/09/debate-on-brithish-aid.html' title='Debate on British Aid'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-370400255071978624</id><published>2010-08-28T19:16:00.004Z</published><updated>2010-10-20T16:59:10.539Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aid-critic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='(Agrar-)Subventionen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Fischfang vor Afrikas Küste - Europa kauft die Meere leer</title><summary type='text'>Die einen bekommen Fisch im Überfluss, die anderen gehen leer  aus: Weil die EU Millionen Euro an korrupte Staaten zahlt, dürfen  europäische Trawler die Fanggründe vor der Küste Afrikas plündern. "Cash  for Fish" heißt das fragwürdige Geschäft - für die Einheimischen bleibt  fast nichts übrig.mehr in &gt;&gt; SPIEGEL-OnlineDas ist nichts Neues! Die Schnarchnasen in Brüssel brauchen halt etwas länger, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/370400255071978624/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=370400255071978624&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/370400255071978624'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/370400255071978624'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2010/08/fischfang-vor-afrikas-kuste-europa.html' title='Fischfang vor Afrikas Küste - Europa kauft die Meere leer'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-1337668805710272855</id><published>2010-05-23T15:29:00.004Z</published><updated>2010-10-20T16:59:10.540Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Koloniale Überhänger / Colonial attitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aid-critic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Entwicklungshilfe -- Warum die Helfer in Afrika versagen</title><summary type='text'>"Dass der Norden den Süden nicht entwickeln und jeder Mensch und jede Gesellschaft das nur selbst tun könne, gehört zum wohlfeilen Glaubensbekenntnis der Geber. In die Praxis ist es allerdings kaum eingedrungen. (...)Die Verletzung des Subsidiaritätsprinzips hat zu einer bemutternden Haltung geführt, die in den Dritte-Welt-Kreisen des Nordens seit Jahrzehnten verbreitet ist, und die im </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/1337668805710272855/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=1337668805710272855&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/1337668805710272855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/1337668805710272855'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2010/05/el-in-abhangigkeit-gehalten_23.html' title='Entwicklungshilfe -- Warum die Helfer in Afrika versagen'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-2084459298897979899</id><published>2010-04-09T16:54:00.004Z</published><updated>2010-10-20T16:59:10.540Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Slavery/Human Rights-Menschenhandel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Koloniale Überhänger / Colonial attitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aid-critic'/><title type='text'>Ghana: Foreign forms of imperialism yesterday, local imperialism today?</title><summary type='text'>"I believe that our bid to remove imperialism from our country and to bring freedom and happiness to our people must not be limited only to the foreign forms of imperialism but also to local forms of imperialism. Freedom from fear within is as important to the happiness of men as freedom from fear without. "Ghana: &gt;&gt; The Brong - Ashanti Divide (Part 2)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/2084459298897979899/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=2084459298897979899&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/2084459298897979899'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/2084459298897979899'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2010/04/ghana-foreign-forms-of-imperialism.html' title='Ghana: Foreign forms of imperialism yesterday, local imperialism today?'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-8316303406150619728</id><published>2010-04-09T10:35:00.004Z</published><updated>2010-04-09T12:54:09.477Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NEPAD/APRM'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Über China / on China'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Slavery/Human Rights-Menschenhandel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Aid and Sustainable Development in Africa</title><summary type='text'>Aid and Sustainable Development in AfricaBy Selali Onuoha (Marie Nkiru)Extracts:"A possible reaction of a newcomer to the aid debate might be one of surprise at the number of experts in the field who appear to agree on the shortcomings of aid to Africa and yet place disproportionate focus on the formulation of possible solutions.""In the light of its past and continuing failings, perhaps the time</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/8316303406150619728/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=8316303406150619728&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8316303406150619728'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8316303406150619728'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2010/04/aid-and-sustainable-development-in.html' title='Aid and Sustainable Development in Africa'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-4708650908080054292</id><published>2010-03-23T11:47:00.002Z</published><updated>2010-03-23T11:51:38.168Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><title type='text'>Der Koran ist auch ein europäischer Text</title><summary type='text'>Islamwissenschaft"Der Koran ist auch ein europäischer Text"In jeder Ausgabe besucht ZEIT CAMPUS eine Koryphäe ihres Fachs. Diesmal: Die Islamwissenschaftlerin Angelika Neuwirth, die über den Koran forschtAuszug:ZEIT CAMPUS: Warum ist es heute in islamischen Ländern so riskant, über den Koran zu forschen? Islamforscher werden immer wieder verfolgt und können ihrer Arbeit nur im Exil </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/4708650908080054292/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=4708650908080054292&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/4708650908080054292'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/4708650908080054292'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2010/03/der-koran-ist-auch-ein-europaischer.html' title='Der Koran ist auch ein europäischer Text'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-7577112883880591057</id><published>2010-03-18T10:02:00.006Z</published><updated>2010-03-23T11:56:47.691Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Slavery/Human Rights-Menschenhandel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Koloniale Überhänger / Colonial attitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Der Westen muss islamische Barbarei abwehren</title><summary type='text'>Liebe Blogleser,normalerweise schreibe ich hier nur über EZ-Themen. Aber als jemand, der in Saudi-Arabien, Somaliland und Ägypten gelebt und gearbeitet hat, ebenso wie in Ländern mit hohem Anteil an Muslimen wie Nigeria, bin ich dem Thema Islam sehr verbunden. Daher habe ich mich entschlossen, den folgenden nicht-EZ-Artikel hier zu bringen. Es ist ein ausgezeichneter Artikel, zudem von einem </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/7577112883880591057/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=7577112883880591057&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/7577112883880591057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/7577112883880591057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2010/03/der-westen-muss-islamische-barbarei.html' title='Der Westen muss islamische Barbarei abwehren'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-5057791428132819266</id><published>2010-03-16T17:01:00.003Z</published><updated>2010-03-16T17:10:31.941Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zimbabwe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Koloniale Überhänger / Colonial attitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>The Zimbabwe I want: Culture, politics and land reform</title><summary type='text'>The Zimbabwe I want: Mandivamba Rukuni on culture, politics and land reformAmanda Atwood, Kubatana.netMarch 04, 2010"Africa has been declining over the past 50 years over every area – politics, economics, environment, socially. What has happened that we are declining in all of these areas? The good news is that if we’re failing generally, it is likely to be for one key reason. I believe the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/5057791428132819266/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=5057791428132819266&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/5057791428132819266'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/5057791428132819266'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2010/03/zimbabwe-i-want-culture-politics-and.html' title='The Zimbabwe I want: Culture, politics and land reform'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-1074576876483915987</id><published>2010-03-15T18:47:00.004Z</published><updated>2010-10-20T16:59:10.541Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Koloniale Überhänger / Colonial attitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aid-critic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>The typical "natural" Africans suffering an unfair destiny of drought, famine, disease, and colonialism</title><summary type='text'>I have to dig out an old, however still very topical, discussion since I always have problems (heavy arguments) with people, very often close colleagues with who I work in development cooperation, when it comes to the nonsense of Live 8 and other what not concerts. Here we are:(National Review Online) This column was written by Michael Ledeen."Those of us who love Africa almost never recognize it</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/1074576876483915987/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=1074576876483915987&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/1074576876483915987'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/1074576876483915987'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2010/03/typical-natural-africans-suffering.html' title='The typical &quot;natural&quot; Africans suffering an unfair destiny of drought, famine, disease, and colonialism'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-4040874787140313714</id><published>2010-03-04T08:44:00.007Z</published><updated>2010-03-04T09:01:53.217Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Über China / on China'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>How Africa is Becoming the New Asia</title><summary type='text'>By Jerry Guo NEWSWEEKPublished Feb 19, 2010From the magazine issue dated Mar 1, 2010"China and India get all the headlines for their economic prowess, but there's another global growth story that is easily overlooked: Africa. In 2007 and 2008, southern Africa, the Great Lakes region of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, and even the drought-stricken Horn of Africa had GDP growth rates on par with </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/4040874787140313714/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=4040874787140313714&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/4040874787140313714'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/4040874787140313714'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-africa-is-becoming-new-asia.html' title='How Africa is Becoming the New Asia'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-7106854126977909560</id><published>2010-02-02T16:02:00.003Z</published><updated>2010-10-20T16:59:10.541Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Koloniale Überhänger / Colonial attitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aid-critic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>The legacy of colonial rule</title><summary type='text'>World Bank:"The legacy of colonial rule means many sub-Saharan African countries -- South Africa excluded -- have economies structured round the export of raw materials such as oil, gold and cocoa, and have to import basic manufactured goods at higher prices.Developing a domestic factory sector would go a long way towards cutting these costs, as well as creating jobs and accelerating </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/7106854126977909560/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=7106854126977909560&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/7106854126977909560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/7106854126977909560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2010/02/legacy-of-colonial-rule.html' title='The legacy of colonial rule'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-8557069145750972258</id><published>2010-02-01T20:28:00.004Z</published><updated>2010-02-01T20:37:08.595Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Neues aus Sub-Sahara-Afrika:</title><summary type='text'>Jüngste Entwicklungen fordern eine deutsche Umorientierung herausvon Dustin DehézQuelle: Die politische Meinung, Nr. 482 · Januar 2010"Der Afrikawissenschaftler Mir A. Ferdowsi schrieb vor einer Weile, dass es Afrika nicht gibt. Damit wies er zu Recht darauf hin, dass die Klammer, mit der der südliche Nachbarkontinent gemeinhin erfasst wird, viel zu groß ist, um den sehr unterschiedlichen </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/8557069145750972258/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=8557069145750972258&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8557069145750972258'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8557069145750972258'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2010/02/neues-aus-sub-sahara-afrika.html' title='Neues aus Sub-Sahara-Afrika:'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-8618055349156446173</id><published>2010-01-27T20:38:00.001Z</published><updated>2010-01-27T20:38:53.657Z</updated><title type='text'>WM in Südafrika: Bravo Franz!</title><summary type='text'>Beckenbauer:„Europäische Klubs bedienen sich gerne mit den besten afrikanischen Spielern. Aber eine WM in Afrika wollen sie nicht. Das passt nicht zusammen.“Ganz genau, auch hier, sprich beim Fußball, wird Afrika nach kolonialem Muster ausgebeutet!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/8618055349156446173/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=8618055349156446173&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8618055349156446173'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8618055349156446173'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2010/01/wm-in-sudafrika-bravo-franz.html' title='WM in Südafrika: Bravo Franz!'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-648322916801165439</id><published>2009-12-11T16:02:00.002Z</published><updated>2010-10-20T16:59:10.542Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aid-critic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>EZ Kritik: Der Privatsektor muss in die Gänge kommen</title><summary type='text'>E+Z 12 / 2009„Zivilcourage und politische Auseinandersetzung“"Andrew Mwenda von The Independent in Kampala gehört zu den prominenten afrikanischen Intellektuellen, die die Entwicklungshilfe kritisieren. Er betont, dass der Privatsektor in die Gänge kommen muss.[ Interview mit Andrew Mwenda ]E+Z: Ist Entwicklungshilfe schädlich oder nützlich?Mwenda: Es kommt drauf an. Alles in allem ist </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/648322916801165439/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=648322916801165439&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/648322916801165439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/648322916801165439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/12/ez-kritik-der-privatsektor-muss-in-die.html' title='EZ Kritik: Der Privatsektor muss in die Gänge kommen'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-4847905375737962835</id><published>2009-12-07T13:14:00.006Z</published><updated>2009-12-07T13:45:13.864Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='(Agrar-)Subventionen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Klima-Hysterie 2</title><summary type='text'>SPIEGEL-EssayScheitern wäre ein ErfolgVon Bjørn LomborgWarum die Menschheit den Klimaschutz vertagen sollte.Auszüge:(...) „Um es drastisch zu formulieren: Die ambitioniertesten Kohlendioxid-Einsparungen könnten uns um ein Vielfaches mehr kosten als der Klimawandel selbst. Ohne wirkliche Alternativen zu fossilen Energien würden wir letztlich nur das Wirtschaftswachstum beschädigen. Zweitens: Der </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/4847905375737962835/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=4847905375737962835&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/4847905375737962835'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/4847905375737962835'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/12/klima-hysterie-2.html' title='Klima-Hysterie 2'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-2134895427953049772</id><published>2009-11-24T12:28:00.004Z</published><updated>2010-10-20T16:59:10.542Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NEPAD/APRM'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EPAs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Koloniale Überhänger / Colonial attitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aid-critic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Die Entwicklungshilfe-Parabel: Der systemische Denkfehler</title><summary type='text'>Ich schaue gerne immer wieder in „alte“ Schriften und Bücher, da die Probleme, die gegen EZ sprechen, nicht erst seit heute, sondern schon immer bestehen. Bereits in seinem 2002 erschienen Buch hat sich Richard Rottenburg damit befasst: Weit hergeholte Fakten: Eine Parabel der EntwicklungshilfeBei amazon.de, wo das Buch heute noch für fast EUR 30,- erworben werden kann, wird folgende Rezension </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/2134895427953049772/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=2134895427953049772&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/2134895427953049772'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/2134895427953049772'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/11/die-entwicklungshilfe-parabel-der.html' title='Die Entwicklungshilfe-Parabel: Der systemische Denkfehler'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-6261859981313102706</id><published>2009-11-19T16:05:00.008Z</published><updated>2009-11-19T17:27:58.991Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Klima-Hysterie und EL des Südens</title><summary type='text'>Wie sich die Klima-Hysterie tatsächlich auf die EL des Südens auswirkt, wird oft falsch dargestellt.Cicero Magazin:&gt;&gt; Die Klima-HysterieDie Menschheit steht unmittelbar vor einer Klimakatastrophe. So lautet der Konsens.(...)"Ist es wirklich ethisch, die potenziellen Probleme künftiger Generationen über die konkreten Probleme der heute lebenden Menschen zu stellen? Viele in Afrika, Asien und </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/6261859981313102706/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=6261859981313102706&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/6261859981313102706'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/6261859981313102706'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/11/klima-hysterie-und-el-des-sudens.html' title='Klima-Hysterie und EL des Südens'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-3719336732058809381</id><published>2009-11-18T10:32:00.002Z</published><updated>2009-11-18T10:38:25.217Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><title type='text'>Ich fass es nicht!</title><summary type='text'>Wie sagt man beim Mann: Der Verstand steckt wo ...?!  Frauen scheinen trotz aller G... dann doch (im letzten Moment) rationaler zu sein!Gefälschte Traveller-Schecks18.11.2009 - INGELHEIM(gg). Gefälschte Schecks sollte eine 49 Jahre alte Frau zu Geld machen. Die Ingelheimerin hatte bei einer Singlebörse im Internet einen Ghanesen kennengelernt, der ihr letztlich von Geldschwierigkeiten erzählte </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/3719336732058809381/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=3719336732058809381&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/3719336732058809381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/3719336732058809381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/11/ich-fass-es-nicht.html' title='Ich fass es nicht!'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-2199662301312998281</id><published>2009-11-17T10:03:00.008Z</published><updated>2010-10-20T16:59:10.543Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NEPAD/APRM'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EPAs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Koloniale Überhänger / Colonial attitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aid-critic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Die Sicht des Außenstehenden: Wo fließen bloß all die EZ-Gelder hin? Es ist kein richtiger Fortschritt zu sehen!</title><summary type='text'>Christoffer Steffen ist IT-Spezialist und Geschäftsmann und hat viele Jahre in Westafrika, hauptsächlich Benin, gearbeitet. Er hat(te) engen Kontakt zur EZ-Szene bzw. ihren Apologeten. Neben den Ausländern in Benin – auch aus dem Nicht-EZ-Sektor – hat er aber auch vor allem zur Bevölkerung intimen Kontakt gepflegt. Dabei hat er sich den Blick fürs Wesentliche erhalten. Ich kenne ihn persönlich </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/2199662301312998281/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=2199662301312998281&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/2199662301312998281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/2199662301312998281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/11/die-sicht-desauenstehenden-wo-flieen.html' title='Die Sicht des Außenstehenden: Wo fließen bloß all die EZ-Gelder hin? Es ist kein richtiger Fortschritt zu sehen!'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-2375030122441057370</id><published>2009-11-16T11:13:00.006Z</published><updated>2010-10-20T16:59:10.543Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Koloniale Überhänger / Colonial attitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aid-critic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Reloaded: The Economic Hit Man: Cheating Third World Countries</title><summary type='text'>Eine alte Strory, einfach mal wieder zur Erinnerung;ODER: Kann der Westen so der chinesischen Herausforderung begegnen?!Confessions of an Economic Hit Man: How the U.S. Uses Globalization to Cheat Poor Countries Out of Trillions"We speak with John Perkins, a former respected member of the international banking community. In his book Confessions of an Economic Hit Man he describes how as a highly </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/2375030122441057370/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=2375030122441057370&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/2375030122441057370'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/2375030122441057370'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/11/reloaded-economic-hit-man-cheating.html' title='Reloaded: The Economic Hit Man: Cheating Third World Countries'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-5490401724064470302</id><published>2009-11-09T14:32:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-11-09T14:59:40.651Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Über China / on China'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Koloniale Überhänger / Colonial attitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>USD 10 bn for Africa: The love-hate relationship between Africa and China</title><summary type='text'>BBC feature:African view: China's new long march Ghanaian writer and former government minister Elizabeth Ohene considers China's impact on Africa."In Ghana as in other countries on the continent, the Chinese are here, very visible and very busy. The relationship between Africa and China is a love-hate one - the love is more on the side of the governments and the hate on the side of business, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/5490401724064470302/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=5490401724064470302&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/5490401724064470302'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/5490401724064470302'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/11/usd-10-bn-for-africa-love-hate.html' title='USD 10 bn for Africa: The love-hate relationship between Africa and China'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-4240430437047293472</id><published>2009-11-05T10:17:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-11-05T10:24:53.639Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Oil: Can Ghana escape the “Resource Curse"?</title><summary type='text'>Feature Article on gahanweb.com:Leaving a legacy of Transparency in Ghana’s Oil and Gas IndustryExtracts:" (...) It is an undisputable fact that in the circles of oil and gas exploration, there is little evidence that past oil exports and petrodollars have made enormous contribution to the welfare of developing countries. In Nigeria, 40 years of petroleum exports (about $340 billion earned) have </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/4240430437047293472/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=4240430437047293472&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/4240430437047293472'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/4240430437047293472'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/11/oil-in-ghana-is-it-becoming-resource.html' title='Oil: Can Ghana escape the “Resource Curse&quot;?'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-8501010805669518497</id><published>2009-11-03T22:46:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-11-04T16:26:09.416Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><title type='text'>A bus ride in Ghana</title><summary type='text'>"I had been late in getting a ticket at the Government Transport, and as most of the schools in Cape Coast were re-opening on the same day, tickets had been hard to come by. The next best thing, I thought, was to go on a big Neoplan bus. One hoped and prayed, if somebody had invested so much money in purchasing a bus, that they might have invested in getting a good driver. And hopefully, one who </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/8501010805669518497/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=8501010805669518497&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8501010805669518497'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8501010805669518497'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/11/bus-ride-in-ghana.html' title='A bus ride in Ghana'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-17686513117667371</id><published>2009-10-29T18:03:00.005Z</published><updated>2009-10-29T18:18:16.111Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Koloniale Überhänger / Colonial attitude'/><title type='text'>Mehrparteiendemokratie westlicher Provenienz nicht geeignet für afrikanische Vielvölkerstaaten?</title><summary type='text'>America Needs To Apologize To Ghana(&gt;&gt; Feature Artikel auf Ghanaweb.com)Auszüge:“When our late president Nkrumah decided after a careful deliberation that, Ghana with both her multi-ethnicities and tribes would be better served under a one party system, strong was the objection to this notion. This notion was considered undemocratic. To many people, democracy meant multipartyism. However, little </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/17686513117667371/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=17686513117667371&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/17686513117667371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/17686513117667371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/10/afrikanische-vielvolkerstaaten-nicht.html' title='Mehrparteiendemokratie westlicher Provenienz nicht geeignet für afrikanische Vielvölkerstaaten?'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-8866100662636099523</id><published>2009-10-20T10:33:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-10-20T10:41:01.734Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NEPAD/APRM'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><title type='text'>Pressefreiheit: afrikanische Staaten überholen Europa</title><summary type='text'>"Eine Reihe von EU-Staaten wurden damit in diesem Jahr von Staaten mit parlamentarischem System in Afrika - Mali (30.), Südafrika (33.) und Ghana (27.) - sowie in Lateinamerika - Uruguay (29.) und Trinidad und Tobago (28.) - überholt. In einigen europäischen Ländern seien Medienmitarbeiter auch vor körperlichen Angriffen nicht sicher, so der Bericht. In Italien seien mafiöse Gruppen und in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/8866100662636099523/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=8866100662636099523&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8866100662636099523'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8866100662636099523'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/10/pressefreiheit-afrikanische-staaten.html' title='Pressefreiheit: afrikanische Staaten überholen Europa'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-4360617379156956109</id><published>2009-10-15T10:46:00.002Z</published><updated>2009-10-15T10:50:15.288Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Über China / on China'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Slavery/Human Rights-Menschenhandel'/><title type='text'>Wallraff: Afrika den Affen</title><summary type='text'>Rauswurf und rassistische Parolen"Dabei begegnete Wallraff offenem Rassismus, noch häufiger aber verdecktem. „Europa den Weißen, Afrika den Affen“ rief man ihm nach. Aus einer Kneipe wurde er mit der Begründung herausgeworfen: „Wir kennen uns hier alle. Dich kennen wir nicht. Verstehst du? Ende!“ Eine Wohnung oder Arbeit zu finden stellte sich ungleich schwieriger dar, wenn auch in den meisten </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/4360617379156956109/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=4360617379156956109&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/4360617379156956109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/4360617379156956109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/10/wallraff-afrika-den-affen.html' title='Wallraff: Afrika den Affen'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-3364711530757302929</id><published>2009-10-12T14:31:00.004Z</published><updated>2009-10-12T14:48:42.408Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Koloniale Überhänger / Colonial attitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Is Ghana Becoming A Neo-Colonial State?</title><summary type='text'>Das frage ich mich auch schon lange (und das gilt nicht nur für Ghana). Zum Glück stellt diese Frage aber ein Ghanaer, der übrigens schon älter ist und die letzten Tage der Kolonialzeit noch aus eigener Anschauung kennt. Einige Auszüge aus seinem Featrure-Artikel im Daily Graphic, der größten Tageszeitung Ghanas, vom 12.10.2009:"The question may take many aback. But on reflection even the small </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/3364711530757302929/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=3364711530757302929&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/3364711530757302929'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/3364711530757302929'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/10/is-ghana-becoming-neo-colonial-state.html' title='Is Ghana Becoming A Neo-Colonial State?'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-977018946942396579</id><published>2009-10-10T14:27:00.004Z</published><updated>2009-10-10T14:31:48.527Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NEPAD/APRM'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Koloniale Überhänger / Colonial attitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>EL: Der Hass auf den Westen</title><summary type='text'>"Der Hass auf den Westen. Wie sich die armen Völker gegen den wirtschaftlichen Weltkrieg wehren"  Jean Ziegler, einer der profiliertesten Globalisierungskritiker, stimmt in seinem neuen Buch ein Loblied auf Evo Morales an. Morales habe "einen historischen Bruch mit der kannibalischen Weltordnung vollzogen und dem Westen eine bittere Niederlage zugefügt". Mit Menschenrechten argumentiere der </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/977018946942396579/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=977018946942396579&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/977018946942396579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/977018946942396579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/10/el-der-hass-auf-den-westen.html' title='EL: Der Hass auf den Westen'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-708948237410575268</id><published>2009-09-29T10:40:00.004Z</published><updated>2009-09-29T10:56:41.302Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Unterstützung der Armutsreduzierung als Alibiveranstaltung</title><summary type='text'>In einem Working Paper des Danish Institute for International Studies &gt;&gt; The new 'New Poverty Agenda' in Ghana: what impact? heißt es im Abstract:"This paper describes and explains the impact of the international-driven ‘New Poverty Agenda’ in Ghana, focusing on the impact of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) adopted by the New Patriotic Party government in power from 2001 until 2008.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/708948237410575268/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=708948237410575268&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/708948237410575268'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/708948237410575268'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/09/unterstutzung-der-armutsreduzierung-als.html' title='Unterstützung der Armutsreduzierung als Alibiveranstaltung'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-4956200197283719523</id><published>2009-09-29T09:49:00.007Z</published><updated>2009-09-29T10:17:09.807Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Why Europe needs Africa</title><summary type='text'>In einem Beitrag für die Washington Post vom 21.09.2009 Why the U.S. needs Africa schreibt der ruandische Präsident Paul Kagame, der Anfang Oktober nach Deutschland kommt, u.a."It is no longer enough for the United States to work for Africa based on pity; the United States must work with Africa to build both our economies and improve the lives of all of our people. The United States has long </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/4956200197283719523/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=4956200197283719523&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/4956200197283719523'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/4956200197283719523'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/09/why-europe-needs-africa.html' title='Why Europe needs Africa'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-8248227146115107431</id><published>2009-09-27T13:49:00.007Z</published><updated>2009-09-29T10:21:41.439Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='(Agrar-)Subventionen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Wir sind reich, haben die Kraft und die Unehrlichkeit!</title><summary type='text'>Kennen Sie Hagen Rether? Ich bisher nicht, bin aber jetzt auf seine engagierten Texte bei einem auf &gt;&gt; YouTube veröffentlichten Video über eine 3sat-Sendung einer seiner Kleinkunsauftritte gestoßen (ab der 6. Minute über Afrika und wirtschaftliche Ausbeutung des Südens). Er hat übrigens den Deutschen Kleinkunstpreis 2008 gewonnen, was ich natürlich auch nicht wusste. Wie auch, wenn man immer in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/8248227146115107431/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=8248227146115107431&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8248227146115107431'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8248227146115107431'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/09/wir-sind-reich-haben-die-kraft-und-die.html' title='Wir sind reich, haben die Kraft und die Unehrlichkeit!'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-6353156166892448641</id><published>2009-08-14T12:22:00.004Z</published><updated>2009-08-14T12:24:44.917Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><title type='text'>Corruption Allegation Has Made Me Popular</title><summary type='text'>Andere Länder, andere Sitten ... und andere Moralvorstellungen!"Much as the former Youth and Sports Minister might not be happy about the manner in which his image and reputation were dented by the corruption allegations levelled against him, Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak however takes delight in the fact that his name has become a household one on the lips and minds of every Ghanaian.He believes the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/6353156166892448641/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=6353156166892448641&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/6353156166892448641'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/6353156166892448641'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/08/corruption-allegation-has-made-me.html' title='Corruption Allegation Has Made Me Popular'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-6834632600509095090</id><published>2009-08-08T19:26:00.007Z</published><updated>2009-08-10T15:30:55.614Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Koloniale Überhänger / Colonial attitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Colonial impact on today's realities: Down with Black Imperialism in the North</title><summary type='text'>Ich bin zwar kein Freund davon, alle heutigen Probleme Afrikas nur auf die koloniale Vergangenheit zu schieben. Dennoch kommen wir Europäer um einige unangenehme Wahrheiten nicht herum. Als ich jetzt einige Zeit im Kongo tätig war, wurde mir deutlich, dass die Wurzeln des Kivu-Konflikts in der Tatsache zu finden sind, dass europäische Mächte Krieg führten, dessen Ergebnisse 1918, hier die </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/6834632600509095090/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=6834632600509095090&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/6834632600509095090'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/6834632600509095090'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/08/colonial-impact-on-todays-realities.html' title='Colonial impact on today&apos;s realities: Down with Black Imperialism in the North'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-6265975496459089195</id><published>2009-07-25T15:33:00.007Z</published><updated>2009-07-25T15:59:31.801Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Slavery/Human Rights-Menschenhandel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EPAs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Feature: The Incessant Retrogression of Black Folk</title><summary type='text'>EPAs lassen grüßen!"Today, Moderate Melanin controls everything: power, wealth, education, technology, natural resources that they do not naturally own. So it appears that Massive Melanin will remain in the shadow of Moderate Melanin for ages to come. So, why are things this way? Is it a lack of instruction or instinctiveness in Massive Melanin? Has it always been the case of an unmitigated </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/6265975496459089195/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=6265975496459089195&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/6265975496459089195'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/6265975496459089195'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/07/feature-incessant-retrogression-of.html' title='Feature: The Incessant Retrogression of Black Folk'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-3177962936309919417</id><published>2009-07-24T15:45:00.006Z</published><updated>2009-07-24T15:59:16.112Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NEPAD/APRM'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EPAs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Koloniale Überhänger / Colonial attitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Bonner Aufruf: It is false to believe that more money means more development</title><summary type='text'>Na also, geht doch:"A group of German citizens from the Köln/Bonn area who are experienced in development aid for Africa formed a political initiative in September of last year. We are convinced that it would be irresponsible to continue with the aid practice that we have seen over the last half century. Our basic opinion is absolutely in line with what I read in “Weaning Ghana …”.As a first step</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/3177962936309919417/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=3177962936309919417&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/3177962936309919417'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/3177962936309919417'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/07/bonner-aufruf-it-is-false-to-believe.html' title='Bonner Aufruf: It is false to believe that more money means more development'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-1538765418470108255</id><published>2009-07-17T16:27:00.004Z</published><updated>2009-07-17T17:44:29.771Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NEPAD/APRM'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Slavery/Human Rights-Menschenhandel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EPAs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Koloniale Überhänger / Colonial attitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Obama Besuch in Ghana: Yes we can -- oder vielleicht doch nicht?</title><summary type='text'>Obamas Besuch und vor allem seine Rede hat sehr viele Kommentare hervorgerufen. Auf Ghanaweb.com findet sich ein &gt;&gt; Artikel, wo einige Aspekte näher analysiert werden. Besonders gefällt mir folgeden fensinnige Analyse (in Italic Obamas Worte):"Now let me be clear: Africa is not the crude caricature of a continent at war. But for far too many Africans, conflict is a part of life, as constant as </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/1538765418470108255/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=1538765418470108255&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/1538765418470108255'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/1538765418470108255'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/07/obama-besuch-in-ghana-yes-we-can-oder.html' title='Obama Besuch in Ghana: Yes we can -- oder vielleicht doch nicht?'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-6368144350370055657</id><published>2009-07-03T15:39:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-07-03T15:45:53.991Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NEPAD/APRM'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='(Agrar-)Subventionen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Die europäische Sicherheitspolitik in Westafrika</title><summary type='text'>&gt;&gt; Die europäische Sicherheitspolitik in Westafrika ist ein lesenswerter Artikel. Interessant nicht nur deshalb, weil ich dort mit einer meiner Veröffentlichungen zitiert werde:"Diese [EU] Initiativen werden allerdings wirkungslos bleiben, da sie eingebettet sind in eine Ideologie des freien Welthandels und aus Verhandlungen unter ungleichen "Partnern" hervorgehen - bei denen die betroffene </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/6368144350370055657/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=6368144350370055657&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/6368144350370055657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/6368144350370055657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/07/die-europaische-sicherheitspolitik-in.html' title='Die europäische Sicherheitspolitik in Westafrika'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-4153502670247377490</id><published>2009-07-03T15:29:00.005Z</published><updated>2009-07-03T15:47:15.650Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Weaning Ghana off Foreign Aid: Is it Possible?</title><summary type='text'>Aha, die merken das selber, von dem wir uns einreden, dass nicht sein kann was nicht sein darf ... Ghana Web Feature Article of Friday, 3 July 2009"Africa remains the world’s most aid-dependent and indebted region. Despite the programmes of debt relief which became significant in the 1990s and the increased commitment to fostering prosperity in Africa and Ghana to be specific by developed </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/4153502670247377490/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=4153502670247377490&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/4153502670247377490'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/4153502670247377490'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/07/weaning-ghana-off-foreign-aid-is-it.html' title='Weaning Ghana off Foreign Aid: Is it Possible?'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-1573615529856857424</id><published>2009-05-21T16:04:00.006Z</published><updated>2009-05-21T16:41:00.130Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Slavery/Human Rights-Menschenhandel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Koloniale Überhänger / Colonial attitude'/><title type='text'>Stop Trying To 'Save' Africa</title><summary type='text'>zwar etwas älter, aber immerhin ...By Uzodinma Iweala Sunday, July 15, 2007; Page B07 washingtonpost.com &gt; Columns(...)They [the celebrities] fly in for internships and fact-finding missions or to pick out children to adopt in much the same way my friends and I in New York take the subway to the pound to adopt stray dogs.(...)There is no African, myself included, who does not appreciate the help </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/1573615529856857424/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=1573615529856857424&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/1573615529856857424'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/1573615529856857424'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/05/stop-trying-to-save-africa.html' title='Stop Trying To &apos;Save&apos; Africa'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-1335723762628260031</id><published>2009-05-02T20:23:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-05-02T20:36:23.654Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NEPAD/APRM'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Koloniale Überhänger / Colonial attitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='(Agrar-)Subventionen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Die Krise ist gut für Afrika</title><summary type='text'>Daniel Steinmaier: Interview mit James Shikwati über Entwicklungshilfe, freien Markt und freie Wahl Jungle World Nr. 18, 30. April 2009Die Krise ist gut für AfrikaDer kenianische Ökonom James Shikwati ist Gründungsdirektor des »Inter Region Economic Network« (IREN), eines marktliberalen Think Tanks für den wirtschaftlichen Fortschritt Afrikas. Er ist strikter Gegner von Entwicklungshilfe.(...)Und</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/1335723762628260031/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=1335723762628260031&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/1335723762628260031'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/1335723762628260031'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/05/ich-denke-dass-entwicklungshilfe.html' title='Die Krise ist gut für Afrika'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-5039037287720542819</id><published>2009-05-02T04:36:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-05-02T04:47:29.475Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Dann rappelts richtig im Karton</title><summary type='text'>"Eine meiner ersten konkreten Erinnerungen: brennende Obstkisten im Süden Frankreichs. Ich war vielleicht vier, als französische Bauern dagegen protestierten, dass ihr Markt von billigerem spanischen Obst geflutet worden war. Die Preise brachen ein, sie drohten ihrer Lebensgrundlage beraubt zu werden. Statt sich an den Händen zu fassen, versöhnliche Lieder zu singen und Kerzen anzuzünden, nahmen </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/5039037287720542819/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=5039037287720542819&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/5039037287720542819'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/5039037287720542819'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/05/dann-rappelts-richtig-im-karton.html' title='Dann rappelts richtig im Karton'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-5296168008896310827</id><published>2009-04-21T17:20:00.005Z</published><updated>2009-04-22T16:50:36.829Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EPAs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Ähnlichkeiten sind rein zufälliger Natur!</title><summary type='text'>Henryk M. Broder in SPIEGEL Online zur Anti-Rassismuskonferenz:"Auf das Klima haben diese Konferenzen nur insoweit Einfluss, als die Delegierten mit Flugzeugen anreisen und damit zum globalen CO2-Ausstoß beitragen, um dann zu beraten, wie der globale CO2-Ausstoß reduziert werden könnte. Ansonsten bleibt das Klima durch den Wanderzirkus der Klimaexperten unbeeinflusst und unbeeindruckt.  Dennoch </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/5296168008896310827/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=5296168008896310827&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/5296168008896310827'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/5296168008896310827'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/04/ahnlichkeiten-sind-zufalliger-natur.html' title='Ähnlichkeiten sind rein zufälliger Natur!'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-1879611263486905659</id><published>2009-04-21T15:35:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-04-21T17:29:38.084Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Dead Aid</title><summary type='text'>Kofi Annan, former United Nations Secretary-General     Dambisa Moyo makes a compelling case for a new approach in Africa. Her message is that "Africa's time is now". It is time for Africans to assume full control over their economic and political destiny. Africans should grasp the many means and opportunities available to them for improving the quality of life.Dambisa is hard – perhaps too hard </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/1879611263486905659/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=1879611263486905659&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/1879611263486905659'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/1879611263486905659'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/04/dead-aid.html' title='Dead Aid'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-8454970015405909191</id><published>2009-04-11T15:48:00.009Z</published><updated>2009-04-25T11:56:20.248Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Mehr Geld, weniger Entwicklung: Wie Afrika seine Würde verliert</title><summary type='text'>SPIEGEL Online:GESCHEITERTE ENTWICKLUNGSHILFEWie Afrika seine Würde verliertAuszüge:Afrika braucht Unterstützung - aber nicht jene, die der Westen derzeit leistet. Die herkömmliche Entwicklungshilfe habe den Kontinent zum unselbständigen Almosenempfänger erzogen, meint SPIEGEL-ONLINE-Autor Kurt Gerhardt:Viel besser als Geldgeschenke wirkten Kredite.Die ausgestreckte Hand ist das Symbol des </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/8454970015405909191/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=8454970015405909191&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8454970015405909191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8454970015405909191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/04/mehr-geld-weniger-entwicklung-wie.html' title='Mehr Geld, weniger Entwicklung: Wie Afrika seine Würde verliert'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-2514120559597887171</id><published>2009-02-14T21:49:00.017Z</published><updated>2009-04-22T16:56:28.764Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EPAs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='(Agrar-)Subventionen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Ghana: Tomato Farmers Commit Suicide</title><summary type='text'>"A number of small scale tomato farmers committed suicide in 2007 as a result of their inability to pay off loans, according to findings of a study conducted to ascertain the implications of current trade reform programmes on small scale producers, especially women."Ich gehe einmal davon aus -- was anderes, also eine eigenmotivierte und -bestimmte Entwicklung gibt es hier ja nicht (mehr) --, dass</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/2514120559597887171/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=2514120559597887171&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/2514120559597887171'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/2514120559597887171'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/02/ghana-tomato-farmers-commit-suicide.html' title='Ghana: Tomato Farmers Commit Suicide'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-4483894276770195658</id><published>2009-02-06T11:49:00.008Z</published><updated>2009-02-06T12:32:18.853Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Koloniale Überhänger / Colonial attitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Deadly Duplicity? | Tödliche Doppelzüngigkeit?</title><summary type='text'>"The Ghanaian and African problem of economic depression – called underdevelopment in our case - now threatens to be a global problem not to mention the high-profile suicides in UK and Germany amongst others. Noam Chomsky put the World Bank duplicity in his own words: “It is a worldwide crisis and it is very serious. It is striking that the ways that Western countries are approaching the crisis [</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/4483894276770195658/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=4483894276770195658&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/4483894276770195658'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/4483894276770195658'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/02/todliche-doppelzungigkeit-deadly.html' title='Deadly Duplicity? | Tödliche Doppelzüngigkeit?'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-8244886201770162538</id><published>2009-01-29T16:24:00.004Z</published><updated>2009-01-29T16:52:54.294Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>EZ: Des Volkes Stimme!</title><summary type='text'>Auf WELT Online erschien der Artikel:Trotz FinanzkriseWieczorek-Zeul verteidigt Entwicklungshilfe29. Januar 2009, 11:56 UhrIst es in Ordnung, Millionen in Entwicklungshilfe zu stecken, während das eigene Land in einer schweren Finanzkrise steckt? Nein, sagt die FDP. Sie will lieber die Bürger finanziell entlasten. Entwicklungsministerin Wieczorek-Zeul sieht das anders: Entwicklungs-Aufträge kämen</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/8244886201770162538/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=8244886201770162538&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8244886201770162538'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8244886201770162538'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/01/ez-des-volkes-stimme.html' title='EZ: Des Volkes Stimme!'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-5091774653793982023</id><published>2009-01-22T09:33:00.004Z</published><updated>2009-01-22T11:54:24.646Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Ghana's 2009 New Year Message to Africa</title><summary type='text'>"In the midst of the bad and the ugly that goes on in Africa, it is often hard to many for understandable reasons to find anything good. Even with intellectuals who ought to see or know better, pessimism often overshadows any rays of hope for the continent. Sometime last year we came across this highly educated lady with a Ph.D., an American married to a Nigerian and approached her for an </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/5091774653793982023/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=5091774653793982023&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/5091774653793982023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/5091774653793982023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/01/ghanas-2009-new-year-message-to-africa.html' title='Ghana&apos;s 2009 New Year Message to Africa'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-7287005053041705810</id><published>2009-01-11T14:38:00.005Z</published><updated>2009-01-11T15:17:12.110Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Ghana Weltbank Prognose seriös? Wohl kaum!</title><summary type='text'>Kurz nachdem klar war, dass die NPP ihre Macht verliert, veröffentlichte die Weltbank einen Bericht wonach “… the incoming administration would inherit high fiscal and balance of payment deficits that were unsustainable, given the current state of international financial markets.” (&gt;&gt; Quelle) Danach hatte die NPP-Vorgängerregierung in den letzten Jahren das Haushaltsdefizit teilweise durch </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/7287005053041705810/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=7287005053041705810&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/7287005053041705810'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/7287005053041705810'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/01/ghana-weltbnak-prognose-seris-wohl-kaum.html' title='Ghana Weltbank Prognose seriös? Wohl kaum!'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-8343297948480538465</id><published>2009-01-09T17:32:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-01-09T17:38:32.949Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><title type='text'>Bericht: Wahlen in Ghana Dezember 2008</title><summary type='text'>Zum fünften Mal hat das westafrikanische Land Ghana demokratische Wahlen durchgeführt, die friedlich und transparent abliefen und sehr knapp ausgingen. Zum zweiten Mal führte das Wählervotum zu einem friedlichen Machtwechsel. In 2000 hatte der frühere Militärdiktator J.J. Rawlings die Regierungsgeschäfte an die Oppositionspartei NPP unter John A. Kufuor übergeben. In diesem Jahr war er es dann, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/8343297948480538465/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=8343297948480538465&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8343297948480538465'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8343297948480538465'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2009/01/bericht-wahlen-in-ghana-dezember-2008.html' title='Bericht: Wahlen in Ghana Dezember 2008'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-4151730588875523784</id><published>2009-01-03T10:57:00.013Z</published><updated>2009-01-03T12:56:32.200Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><title type='text'>Prof. John Atta Mills (NDC) President-elect Ghanas mit 50,23 %</title><summary type='text'>Samstag, 11:05h: Der 2. demokratische Machtwechsel in der 4. Republik Ghanas ist perfekt. Mit einer knappen Mehrheit hat der NDC jetzt auch die Presidency erobert, nachdem bereits am 7. Dez. mit 115 Sitzen 50% der Mandate im Parlament gesichert wurden. Die Nachwahl am 28. Dez. lief nicht ganz problemlos ab, daher wiegt es um so mehr, dass Ghana ohne Sicherheits- und Verfassungskrise diese </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/4151730588875523784/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=4151730588875523784&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/4151730588875523784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/4151730588875523784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/12/prsidentschaft-stichwahl-ghana.html' title='Prof. John Atta Mills (NDC) President-elect Ghanas mit 50,23 %'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RL-g6w54EEg/SV9TN-lfIvI/AAAAAAAABkY/rC4V9-kOacU/s72-c/atta_Mills.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-4680110832774062672</id><published>2008-12-24T12:49:00.018Z</published><updated>2008-12-24T14:49:17.423Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Koloniale Überhänger / Colonial attitude'/><title type='text'>Frohe Weihnachten | Merry Christmas</title><summary type='text'>Ich wünsche den -- nicht allzu zahlreichen aber immerhin treuen -- Lesern meines Blogs   Frohe und gesegnete Weihnachten und ein glückliches und gesundes Neues Jahr 2009!To all the -- not too many but nonetheless loyal -- readers of my blogMerry Christmas and a Happy &amp; Prosperous New Year!Anstelle des üblichen Christbaums oder einer mehr oder weniger gelungenen Nikolausvariante möchte ich mich </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/4680110832774062672/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=4680110832774062672&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/4680110832774062672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/4680110832774062672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/12/frohe-weihnachten.html' title='Frohe Weihnachten | Merry Christmas'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RL-g6w54EEg/SVIxbXyJxcI/AAAAAAAABkQ/hphz8YJCqfE/s72-c/SpiegelSatire_Trommler.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-900396458809357915</id><published>2008-12-24T12:20:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-12-24T14:29:11.295Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><title type='text'>In Ghana geht die Party weiter</title><summary type='text'>"Von wegen Finanzkrise: Der Aktienindex Ghanas liegt im Horrorjahr 2008 etwa 30 Prozent vorne. Praktisch: Wo keine Investoren sind, kann auch niemand Kapital abziehen."Und diese schwachen Volkswirtschaften werden von uns mit Hilfe der EZ  noch abgezockt!!!Zum vollständigen Artikel von E. Atzler in der Fanancial Times Deutschland &gt;&gt; hier</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/900396458809357915/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=900396458809357915&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/900396458809357915'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/900396458809357915'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/12/in-ghana-geht-die-party-weiter.html' title='In Ghana geht die Party weiter'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-251133269417869545</id><published>2008-12-11T12:41:00.003Z</published><updated>2008-12-11T12:48:53.345Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Zum xten-Mal: The pitfalls of Africa's aid addiction</title><summary type='text'>"As a result, governments that are highly dependent on aid pay too much attention to donors and too little to the actual needs of their own citizens.""Another criticism of aid increasingly voiced by Africans, but rarely heard in the West is that it sponsors failure, but rarely rewards success.""So you see,' Mr Mwenda said. 'If aid were to offer this young man support in the form of low interest </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/251133269417869545/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=251133269417869545&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/251133269417869545'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/251133269417869545'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/12/zum-xten-mal-pitfalls-of-africas-aid.html' title='Zum xten-Mal: The pitfalls of Africa&apos;s aid addiction'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-5438813005187577018</id><published>2008-12-11T11:38:00.006Z</published><updated>2008-12-11T11:57:25.096Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Ghana hat gewählt -- und seinem Ruf alle Ehre gemacht!</title><summary type='text'>Ghana hat am 7. Dezember 2008 gewählt und allen Unkenrufen zum Trotz -- auch meinen! -- ist alles äußerst transparent, fair und friedlich abgelaufen. Die kritische Phase ist ja bekanntlich auch zwischen dem Schließen der Wahllokale bis zur Bekanntgabe der Ergebnisse -- und dann noch einmal nach Verkündigung derselben. Ich kann nur unterstreichen, dass Ghana mit der Durchführung der Wahlen und des</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/5438813005187577018/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=5438813005187577018&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/5438813005187577018'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/5438813005187577018'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/12/ghana-hat-gewhlt-und-senem-ruf-lle-ehre.html' title='Ghana hat gewählt -- und seinem Ruf alle Ehre gemacht!'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-5337910768901565785</id><published>2008-12-01T12:41:00.004Z</published><updated>2008-12-01T12:55:39.260Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Africans See Poverty: Foreigners See Resources and Wealth</title><summary type='text'>In this wide-ranging interview, James Shikwati talks to Kristina Bozic on the issue of poverty in Africa and how foreign aid has accelerated it. Since Africans perceive themselves as poor, they always turn to rich countries. The donor countries in turn take advantage of their plight to exploit them. Shikwati offers suggestions on how Africa can redeem itself.Zum &gt;&gt; download auf der IREN </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/5337910768901565785/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=5337910768901565785&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/5337910768901565785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/5337910768901565785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/12/africans-see-poverty-foreigners-see.html' title='Africans See Poverty: Foreigners See Resources and Wealth'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-857655142802582110</id><published>2008-11-08T14:08:00.004Z</published><updated>2008-11-08T14:19:22.008Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Afrika auf dem Weg der Besserung? Wohl kaum!</title><summary type='text'>SPIEGEL-Reporter Thilo Thielke zum Zustand Afrikas:Ich weiß nicht, aus welchen Erkenntnissen die vielen Statistiken genährt werden, die Afrika immerfort auf dem Weg der Besserung sehen.Ich kann diese Tendenz nicht erkennen. Man muss einen Blick auf die großen Staaten werfen, um zu begreifen, in welch verheerendem Zustand Afrika ist: Der Sudan (38 Millionen Einwohner) befindet sich im Zerfall. Die</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/857655142802582110/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=857655142802582110&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/857655142802582110'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/857655142802582110'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/11/afrika-auf-dem-weg-der-besserung-wohl.html' title='Afrika auf dem Weg der Besserung? Wohl kaum!'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-195697116452446022</id><published>2008-11-03T11:03:00.009Z</published><updated>2008-11-03T11:20:22.999Z</updated><title type='text'>Drug Money: I am talking of politicians who wanted to become President of Ghana</title><summary type='text'>Nicht vergessen: Die Nachfrage bestimmt das Angebot! N'est-ce pas?!Ghana: Drug Money 'Tainting Ghana Poll'Public Agenda (Accra)31 October 2008Posted to the web 31 October 2008Auszüge:"Kwesi Aning, head of research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, said the 'very fabric' of Ghanaian society was under threat. His comments came as the UN warned in a report that West </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/195697116452446022/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=195697116452446022&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/195697116452446022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/195697116452446022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/11/drug-money-i-am-talking-of-politicians.html' title='Drug Money: I am talking of politicians who wanted to become President of Ghana'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-1278656900253349451</id><published>2008-09-19T11:03:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-09-19T11:10:51.666Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Slavery/Human Rights-Menschenhandel'/><title type='text'>Beachtung der Menschenrechte auch in Europa nicht so alt</title><summary type='text'>"Also bevor wir heute, oft mit leicht erhobener Stimme, über andere Länder sprechen, sollten wir uns immer erinnern, so alt sind die historischen Traditionen [in Europa], die heute unsere Menschenrechte ausmachen, auch wieder nicht."Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel auf dem „Tag der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung 2008“, der unter dem Motto „Menschenrechte weltweit sichern!“ stand (Berlin, 17. September </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/1278656900253349451/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=1278656900253349451&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/1278656900253349451'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/1278656900253349451'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/09/beachtung-der-menschenrechte-auch-in.html' title='Beachtung der Menschenrechte auch in Europa nicht so alt'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-7428330854956059723</id><published>2008-09-05T13:39:00.024Z</published><updated>2008-09-07T23:02:28.892Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='(Agrar-)Subventionen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>HLF-3: Europäer sprechen mit einer Stimme und erzwingen Verbesserung der AAA gegen USA und Japan</title><summary type='text'>In Paris beim HLF-2 (2005) waren lediglich 14 CSOs (Zivilgesellschaftliche Organisationen / NRO) anwesend bzw. zugelassen. In Accra gab es ein &gt;&gt; CSO-Parallelforum (30.08.-01.09.2008), insgesamt reisten 700 Vertreter von CSOs an, 80 waren zum HLF-3 zugelassen (vom 02.-04.09.2008 organisiert von OECD und Weltbank und von der ghanaischen Regierung "gehostet"), ca. 150 Vertreter wurden dann </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/7428330854956059723/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=7428330854956059723&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/7428330854956059723'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/7428330854956059723'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/09/hlf3-against-right-to-development-of.html' title='HLF-3: Europäer sprechen mit einer Stimme und erzwingen Verbesserung der AAA gegen USA und Japan'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RL-g6w54EEg/SMFwYLuolvI/AAAAAAAABQE/ssVxUbXd5rY/s72-c/poverty_good.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-8089358448232420971</id><published>2008-08-29T12:42:00.006Z</published><updated>2008-08-29T12:55:43.554Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Keine Nation ist reich geworden durch Hilfszahlungen und Schuldenerlass</title><summary type='text'>Wachstum das beste Mittel gegen Armut"Was aber treibt Wachstum konkret an? Sala i Martín hält den Faktor Humankapital für überschätzt, mit der Ausnahme von Investitionen in Grundschulbildung, die eindeutig Wachstum positiv beeinflusse. Auch Demokratie hält er für keine Voraussetzung für Wachstum. Sowohl Diktaturen als auch Demokratien erzielen beeindruckende Wachstumsraten. Er hält aber kein </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/8089358448232420971/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=8089358448232420971&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8089358448232420971'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8089358448232420971'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/08/keine-nation-ist-reich-geworden-durch.html' title='Keine Nation ist reich geworden durch Hilfszahlungen und Schuldenerlass'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-8521648316923858361</id><published>2008-08-24T22:43:00.004Z</published><updated>2008-08-24T23:21:10.760Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Overcoming Aid Dependency</title><summary type='text'>"Developing countries reliant on aid want to escape from this dependence, and yet they appear unable to do so."Findet sich nicht jeder von uns EZ-Involvierten ("Experte" will mir nicht über die Lippen, pardon die Tastatur kommen) in dieser Problematik wieder?! Ich meine sofern er/sie ein wenig selbstkritisch ist!Yash Tandon vom &gt;&gt; South Centre hat sich in seinem Buch &gt;&gt; Ending aid dependence </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/8521648316923858361/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=8521648316923858361&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8521648316923858361'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8521648316923858361'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/08/overcoming-aid-dependency.html' title='Overcoming Aid Dependency'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-97634577606678017</id><published>2008-08-20T15:34:00.004Z</published><updated>2008-08-20T15:52:55.390Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EPAs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Foreign aid has not raised any country’s gross domestic product one notch</title><summary type='text'>... aber die Taschen kurrupter Eliten gefüllt und sie von den eigentlichen Aufgaben abgelenkt!"Ghanaians can be forgiven for seeing all those mansions and late model luxury cars and thinking Ghana is awash in venture capital. The reality is that after 17 long years, the total capitalization of the Ghana Stock Exchange inched close to $18 billion as of August 4, 2008. Modern Ghana News attributes </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/97634577606678017/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=97634577606678017&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/97634577606678017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/97634577606678017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/08/foreign-aid-has-not-raised-any-countrys.html' title='Foreign aid has not raised any country’s gross domestic product one notch'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-2489889208297959389</id><published>2008-08-20T12:06:00.012Z</published><updated>2010-08-29T10:12:24.084Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EPAs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Foreign Trawlers Blamed For Poor Fish Harvest</title><summary type='text'>(c) Photo: Daily Graphic, Accra / Ghana (20 August 2008)Aid Effectiveness würde erhöht (und unsere Glaubwürdigkeit ebenfalls), wenn wir aufhören würden, dem Süden zu schaden und dann durch zweifelhafte -- oft unwirksame -- Hilfe versuchen, den Schaden zu beheben. Da drängt sich der Verdacht der Alibifunktion der EZ nahezu auf!"Fishermen across the country have blamed illegal activities of foreign</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/2489889208297959389/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=2489889208297959389&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/2489889208297959389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/2489889208297959389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/08/foreign-trawlers-blamed-for-poor-fish.html' title='Foreign Trawlers Blamed For Poor Fish Harvest'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RL-g6w54EEg/SKwL9QwGD4I/AAAAAAAABP8/31pvF-KqqSo/s72-c/DG+20aug08+front+story.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-6305167087991789366</id><published>2008-08-15T17:16:00.004Z</published><updated>2008-08-15T17:24:42.568Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='(Agrar-)Subventionen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>EU objects to weak Accra consensus</title><summary type='text'>Es wird gefeilscht ..."August 8th, 2008Posted by Lucy Hayes             The European Union has registered its formal objections to the latest draft of the Accra agenda for action (dated 25th July), or so we have heard - with up to a dozen specific objections. Meanwhile it is thought that developing country governments, although very disappointed with the latest draft are getting increasingly </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/6305167087991789366/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=6305167087991789366&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/6305167087991789366'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/6305167087991789366'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/08/eu-objects-to-weak-accra-consensus.html' title='EU objects to weak Accra consensus'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-1999011407517599380</id><published>2008-08-08T14:54:00.022Z</published><updated>2008-08-10T21:13:38.206Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Ghana: Blood Flows Over Voter Register</title><summary type='text'>(c) Daily Guide, Accra, Ghana (8 August 2008)"The nationwide voters’ registration exercise has taken a violent twist in certain parts of the country, with activists of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) throwing caution to the wind, unleashing terror and inflicting wounds on their party’s opponents.Even though the 11-day exercise is expected to end on Sunday, NDC activists have made it a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/1999011407517599380/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=1999011407517599380&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/1999011407517599380'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/1999011407517599380'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/08/ghana-blood-flows-over-voter-register.html' title='Ghana: Blood Flows Over Voter Register'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RL-g6w54EEg/SJxff4lo3KI/AAAAAAAABP0/WqZL8A-Q3mk/s72-c/blood+flows+Daily+Guide+article.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-4240914547339912709</id><published>2008-08-03T17:37:00.003Z</published><updated>2008-08-03T17:43:20.388Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Über China / on China'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Ghana-China Handel: Bitterer Kakao</title><summary type='text'>Aha, hatte ich es mir doch gedacht!Handel mit China gerät aus der Balance"Accra. Ghanas blühender Handel mit China, auf den das westafrikanische Land große Hoffnungen setzt, entwickelt sich zunehmend einseitig zu Gunsten der aufstrebenden Supermacht in Fernost. Rohstoffe wie Kautschuk, Holz, Aluminium- und Kupferschrott sind dort begehrt, und im Gegenzug wird Ghana wie viele andere afrikanische </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/4240914547339912709/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=4240914547339912709&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/4240914547339912709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/4240914547339912709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/08/ghana-chiba-handel-bitterer-kakao.html' title='Ghana-China Handel: Bitterer Kakao'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-8331074158339450794</id><published>2008-08-01T15:03:00.010Z</published><updated>2008-08-02T00:14:04.912Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>To aid or not to aid ...</title><summary type='text'>... das ist nicht exakt die Frage hier, aber ein neues Buch beschäftigt sich mit dem für mich sehr sympatischen Thema  “The trouble with Aid” von Johnnie Glennie. Auf dem BetterAid.org-Blog heißt es dazu:"Johnnie Glennie  asks [in his book] whether we are missing the point by putting too much of our energy into campaigning for more aid. Everyone agrees we want better aid, but should there be more</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/8331074158339450794/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=8331074158339450794&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8331074158339450794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8331074158339450794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/08/to-aid-or-not-to-aid.html' title='To aid or not to aid ...'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-8457836546673914669</id><published>2008-07-26T15:34:00.007Z</published><updated>2008-07-26T16:05:34.942Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>HLF 3: Aid-Bashing to Go High-Fashion in Accra</title><summary type='text'>Ich kann ihn auch nicht mehr hören, den Ruf nach mehr Geld in der EZ!www.ghanaweb.com:Feature Article of Saturday, 26 July 2008" (...)The damaging effects of increased aid, even the type that ticks all the  checkboxes on the "best practice evaluation form" on the culture of enterprise  and innovation, as has been oft-lamented by African entrepreneurs like Herman  Chinery-Hesse, will scant receive</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/8457836546673914669/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=8457836546673914669&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8457836546673914669'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8457836546673914669'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/07/hlf-3-aid-bashing-to-go-high-fashion-in.html' title='HLF 3: Aid-Bashing to Go High-Fashion in Accra'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-447862407214930185</id><published>2008-07-23T17:24:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-07-23T17:26:26.615Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>World Bank and IMF: do they really want better aid?</title><summary type='text'>July 18th, 2008, by Nuria Molina             While governments are struggling to get an agreement on the third draft of the Accra Agenda for Action (AAA), the World Bank and the IMF are blocking the negotiations in a number of issues, including progress on conditionality – according to some rumours. They are not alone in this business, as they count on the active contribution by representatives </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/447862407214930185/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=447862407214930185&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/447862407214930185'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/447862407214930185'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/07/world-bank-and-imf-do-they-really-want.html' title='World Bank and IMF: do they really want better aid?'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-809839745281737129</id><published>2008-07-23T12:51:00.005Z</published><updated>2008-08-10T21:18:33.238Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Koloniale Überhänger / Colonial attitude'/><title type='text'>May we have the Queen back, please?</title><summary type='text'>THE OUTSIDER: May we have the Queen back, please?For the attention of Mr. Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of Great Britain;Dear Sir,I hope this letter reaches you in good health. I am a young man writing from Accra, the capital of Ghana. I hope you know where my country is. If you don't, I am very sure that at least you know who my president is. He's that tall, lanky African president – the one with</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/809839745281737129/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=809839745281737129&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/809839745281737129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/809839745281737129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/07/may-we-have-queen-back-please.html' title='May we have the Queen back, please?'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-2953318875535690956</id><published>2008-07-15T16:17:00.003Z</published><updated>2008-07-15T16:25:48.220Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><title type='text'>One More reason Why Foreign Aid stinks . . .</title><summary type='text'>From:    "Franklin Cudjoe" Ghanaian Government blows more than $1.4m on gold medals.  Only in Africa will prominence be placed on luxurious items as Presidential Jets, palaces, gold-plated cars and medallions forofficialdom at the expense of public infrastructure and open sewers  that spread disease.   To think that gold medals for supposedly national heroes (when in  actual fact, the economy </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/2953318875535690956/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=2953318875535690956&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/2953318875535690956'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/2953318875535690956'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/07/one-more-reason-why-foreign-aid-stinks.html' title='One More reason Why Foreign Aid stinks . . .'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-3572091696053145479</id><published>2008-07-15T11:00:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-07-15T11:06:45.518Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Koloniale Überhänger / Colonial attitude'/><title type='text'>The North re-colonising the South?</title><summary type='text'> "Responding to questions on the sale of Ghana Telecom (GT) shares, [Dr. Thompson] said, 'we have a situation where our national football team is seemingly never entrusted to a Ghanaian, our water is in the hands of the Dutch, our roads are built by the Chinese, the Presidential Palace is being built by Indians, waste by the Belgians, and our Telecom sector is now earmarked for an Anglo-American </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/3572091696053145479/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=3572091696053145479&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/3572091696053145479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/3572091696053145479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/07/north-re-colonising-south.html' title='The North re-colonising the South?'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-2416347014417655264</id><published>2008-06-01T20:08:00.015Z</published><updated>2008-12-13T03:29:14.212Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='(Agrar-)Subventionen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Unheilvolle Allianz zwischen EL-Elite und der Industrie der Geberländer</title><summary type='text'>Fast genau 33 Jahre ist es her, da habe ich an der TU Hannover am Institut für Landesplanung und Raumforschung meine Diplomarbeit über ein EL-Thema geschrieben, im Fach Raumwirtschaftslehre (Christaller und seine Zentrale-Orte-Theorie lassen grüßen, oder die der Entwicklungsachsen und Entwicklungspole). Da ich dann anschließend 3 Jahre beim Regionalverband Großraum Hannover als Planer gearbeitet </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/2416347014417655264/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=2416347014417655264&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/2416347014417655264'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/2416347014417655264'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/06/unheilvolle-allianz-zwischen-el-elite.html' title='Unheilvolle Allianz zwischen EL-Elite und der Industrie der Geberländer'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RL-g6w54EEg/SEMKssJgAhI/AAAAAAAABO8/lK2DV7UA_eA/s72-c/Captain+Hasson.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-3942000038230095913</id><published>2008-05-28T10:41:00.011Z</published><updated>2008-05-29T14:24:32.712Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Verfehlte westliche Agrar-EZ</title><summary type='text'>Ich habe lange bevor es nun in aller Munde ist in meinem Blog (siehe rechts) die Frage gestellt:Hunger in Afrika: Trotz oder wegen Entwicklungshilfe?!Nun lesen wir auf SPIEGEL Online u.a."Statt Reis mit Gemüse gibt es meist nur noch Maisfladen: Drei Viertel ihrer Einkünfte muss Asèta Ouédraogo aus Burkina Faso heute für Nahrungsmittel ausgeben. Wenn die Preise so hoch bleiben, kann bald keines </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/3942000038230095913/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=3942000038230095913&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/3942000038230095913'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/3942000038230095913'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/05/verfehlte-verbrecherische-westliche.html' title='Verfehlte westliche Agrar-EZ'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-3187324337496651975</id><published>2008-05-03T19:14:00.004Z</published><updated>2008-05-03T19:52:31.444Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EPAs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='(Agrar-)Subventionen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>EU Agrar-Dumping: Systematische Zerstörung afrikanischer Selbstversorgung mit Grundnahrungsmitteln</title><summary type='text'>Die Verlogenheit der EPAs (siehe vorhergehenden Beitrag) zeigt sich auch darin, dass andere wichtige Maßnahmen unterbleiben, z.B. der kontinuierliche Abbau der für Afrika tödlichen EU-Agrarsubentionen. Kürzlich entgegnete mir ein junger EZ-Schlipsträger in Verteidigung der EPAs, dass es ja wohl naiv von mir wäre anzunehmen, man könne in Europa erfolgreich gegen die französischen Agrarinteressen </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/3187324337496651975/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=3187324337496651975&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/3187324337496651975'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/3187324337496651975'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/05/eu-agrar-dumping-systematische.html' title='EU Agrar-Dumping: Systematische Zerstörung afrikanischer Selbstversorgung mit Grundnahrungsmitteln'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-6377837663939430806</id><published>2008-04-22T12:12:00.022Z</published><updated>2008-05-28T12:24:53.343Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EPAs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Tödliche Umarmungen</title><summary type='text'>Afrika muss viele Freunde haben, gemessen an den vielen Umarmungen, die der Kontinent erfährt. Leider sind es tödliche Umarmungen. Die Frage ist: Merkt es der so Umgarnte? (oder besser: Wollen es die politischen und wirtschaftlichen Eliten, denen es in erster Linie um die eigenen Vorteile geht, überhaupt sehen ...?)Da sind die Chinesen, die sich als wahrer South-South Freund gerieren. Natürlich </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/6377837663939430806/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=6377837663939430806&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/6377837663939430806'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/6377837663939430806'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/04/tdliche-umarmungen.html' title='Tödliche Umarmungen'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-7126922462005784892</id><published>2008-04-15T10:01:00.006Z</published><updated>2008-04-15T10:32:21.153Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Africa beyond aid</title><summary type='text'>Proceedings of two international conferences held under the joint auspices of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), and The Brenthurst Foundation. Published by the Brenthurst Foundation (www.thebrenthurstfoundation.org). Johannesburg, January 2008ForewordAid seeds to build internal capacity. However, it can produce a set of negative incentives, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/7126922462005784892/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=7126922462005784892&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/7126922462005784892'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/7126922462005784892'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/04/africa-beyond-aid.html' title='Africa beyond aid'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-7650378646286783</id><published>2008-04-04T11:16:00.009Z</published><updated>2008-04-04T11:44:46.164Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Über China / on China'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>China: Erfolgreichstes Armutsreduzierungs-Modell?</title><summary type='text'>Des öfteren habe ich mich hier kritisch zu China geäußert. Das hält mich aber nicht davon ab, auch positive Aspekte zu präsentieren -- zumal auch Fragen wie Diktatur vs Demokratie im Kontext des entwicklungspolitischen Diskurs angesprochen werden. Das folgende Zitat stammt aus einem Interview in der Online-Ausgabe 14 vom 04.04.2008 von  &lt;!--[if gte vml 1]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/7650378646286783/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=7650378646286783&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/7650378646286783'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/7650378646286783'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/04/china-erfolgreichste-armutsreduzierungs.html' title='China: Erfolgreichstes Armutsreduzierungs-Modell?'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-4665989423934006586</id><published>2008-03-25T23:34:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-03-25T23:39:21.534Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Remittances – Transfer mit Tücken</title><summary type='text'>Das Thema Remittances, die in vielen Entwicklungsländern volumenmäßig oft das Mehrfache der EZ-Transfers ausmachen, hat mich immer schon interessiert. Dabei ist es mir immer schwer gefallen, den eigentlichen Nutzen für die betroffenen Länder zu verstehen. Naja, bin ja kein Ökonom. Aber große Bedenken hatte ich schon immer. Vor allem, wenn ich die vielen halbfertigen bzw. leerstehenden Häuser in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/4665989423934006586/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=4665989423934006586&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/4665989423934006586'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/4665989423934006586'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/03/remittances-transfer-mit-tcken.html' title='Remittances – Transfer mit Tücken'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-6987515684711812626</id><published>2008-03-23T15:59:00.004Z</published><updated>2008-03-23T16:14:47.398Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>First “consultative draft” of Accra agenda for Action</title><summary type='text'>Vom 2-4  September 2008 findet das Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness  in Accra statt. Derzeit wird am Programm gedoktert. &gt;&gt; mehr (Better Aid Blog).Indirekt dazu der Artikel Profil eines Geberlieblings von Achim Schmitt (- noch - EZ-Referent Deutsche Botschaft) über die Situation in Ghana in E+Z 2/2008 &gt;&gt; hier</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/6987515684711812626/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=6987515684711812626&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/6987515684711812626'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/6987515684711812626'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/03/first-consultative-draft-of-accra.html' title='First “consultative draft” of Accra agenda for Action'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-5067350503297661218</id><published>2008-03-09T19:05:00.010Z</published><updated>2008-04-22T17:26:03.754Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Ad 2: Kann Kenia in Ghana nach den Wahlen Ende 2008 passieren?</title><summary type='text'>Kürzlich hatte ich mich zum Thema &gt;&gt; Kann Kenia in Ghana nach den Wahlen Ende 2008 passieren? geäußert. Ausgangspunkt war ein Zeitungsartikel zum Thema, warum Kenia und Ghana NICHT miteinander verglichen werden können, gewesen. D.h. der Autor vertrat die Ansicht, dass so etwas wie in Kenia in Ghana NICHT passieren kann. Ich hatte das aber in meiner Argumentation nicht ausgeschlossen. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/5067350503297661218/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=5067350503297661218&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/5067350503297661218'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/5067350503297661218'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/03/ad-2-kann-kenia-in-ghana-nach-den.html' title='Ad 2: Kann Kenia in Ghana nach den Wahlen Ende 2008 passieren?'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-7889000221750398675</id><published>2008-03-05T18:32:00.005Z</published><updated>2008-03-05T18:43:34.748Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Tote bei Unruhen in Kamerun</title><summary type='text'>"Nairobi/Jaunde. Dramatische Szenen spielen sich derzeit in Kamerun ab: Die Erhöhung der Preise für Benzin und Petroleum haben für eine Eskalation der Gewalt gesorgt, nach letzten Informationen sind bei Ausschreitungen mindestens 20 Menschen ums Leben gekommen."&gt;&gt; mehrKommentar zum Artikel in der „Wiener Zeitung“:  03.03.2008 nicht sehr objektive Bericherstattung  schön zu lesen, dass einige </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/7889000221750398675/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=7889000221750398675&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/7889000221750398675'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/7889000221750398675'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/03/tote-bei-unruhen-in-kamerun.html' title='Tote bei Unruhen in Kamerun'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-9166285269702967506</id><published>2008-03-05T12:51:00.004Z</published><updated>2008-03-05T18:45:59.832Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Koloniale Überhänger / Colonial attitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Lehren aus Kenia</title><summary type='text'>    Mildred Ngesa in &gt;&gt;Die Wurzeln von Kenias Krise(E+Z, Nr. 02 2008, 49. Jahrgang,  Februar 2008) "Das 'Demokratie-Rezept' funktioniert in Kenia nicht. Woran die Führungs- und Regierungskrankheit des Landes liegt, muss neu diagnostiziert werden. Die Bevölkerung verdient ein wirksames Heilmittel. Was in Kenia geschieht, wirft Fragen auf. Wenn Demokratie Afrikas Probleme lösen soll, müssen </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/9166285269702967506/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=9166285269702967506&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/9166285269702967506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/9166285269702967506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/03/dier-lehren-aus-kenia.html' title='Lehren aus Kenia'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-8905689161824212698</id><published>2008-03-02T22:18:00.013Z</published><updated>2008-03-05T09:47:00.318Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><title type='text'>Anatomie eines Flugversuchs von HH über Ffm nach Accra</title><summary type='text'>Fahrplanmäßiger Abflug: Samstag, 1. März 08:15h HH nach Ffm  Fahrplanmäßiger Weiterflug 10:50h Ffm - Lagos - Accra (planmäßige Ankunft: 17:35h)    Naja, es kam anders. Aufgrund der Ankündigungen zum bevorstehenden „Emma“-Unwetter traf mich das nicht unvorbereitet, aber so dicke hatte ich es mir dann doch nicht vorgestellt. Im Zeitalter der permanenten Kommunikation habe ich mit zuhause in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/8905689161824212698/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=8905689161824212698&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8905689161824212698'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8905689161824212698'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/03/anatomie-eines-flugversuchs-von-hh-ber.html' title='Anatomie eines Flugversuchs von HH über Ffm nach Accra'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-8785899604599714800</id><published>2008-02-12T11:56:00.005Z</published><updated>2008-02-23T17:22:56.760Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Koloniale Überhänger / Colonial attitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Ethnicity Releasing Africa’s ”Suppressed Rage”</title><summary type='text'>Wer ab und zu auf diesem Blog vorbeischaut, weiß, dass mich die Frage, wie afrikanische Werte und Elemente traditioneller Herrschaftsstrukturen mit den Ideen des modernen Staates verwoben werden können, umtreibt.* Mit dem Ziel, stabilere, überlebensfähige politisch Systeme zu erhalten. Auch habe ich bereits öfters meine Überzeugung ausgedrückt, dass Demokratien westlicher Provenience, wie das </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/8785899604599714800/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=8785899604599714800&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8785899604599714800'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8785899604599714800'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/02/ethnicity-releasing-africas-suppressed.html' title='Ethnicity Releasing Africa’s ”Suppressed Rage”'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-8458651352663656503</id><published>2008-02-08T12:42:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-02-08T13:02:08.087Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>74% of Goods in Ghana Are Imported</title><summary type='text'>Der GGEA (Ghanaian German Economic Association) Newsletter February 2008 zitiert auf Seite 7 Business &amp; Financial Times wie folgt (wahrscheinlich sinngemäß):    "The share of foreign manufactured goods on the Ghanaian market has been estimated at 74 per cent. This rate excludes imported intermediate products that assist in the manufacture of other products, but covers all household and light </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/8458651352663656503/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=8458651352663656503&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8458651352663656503'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/8458651352663656503'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/02/74-of-goods-in-ghana-are-imported.html' title='74% of Goods in Ghana Are Imported'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-2351765030452435892</id><published>2008-02-06T11:32:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-02-06T12:43:29.542Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Koloniale Überhänger / Colonial attitude'/><title type='text'>Warum Hillary Clinton schlecht für Afrika ist</title><summary type='text'>Das amerikanische Wahldebakel in 2001 hatte die politische Arbeit in Afrika um Jahre zurück geworfen. Unsere afrikanischen Counterparts wiesen, m.E. zu Recht, darauf hin, dass wir, der Norden, in Afrika andere Maßstäbe anlegen als bei uns selbst. Wie kann es sein, so war die oft mit viel Schadenfreude vorgetragene Frage, dass eine so alte Demokratie wie die USA, zudem ausgestattet mit </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/2351765030452435892/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=2351765030452435892&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/2351765030452435892'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/2351765030452435892'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/02/warum-hillary-clinton-schlecht-fr.html' title='Warum Hillary Clinton schlecht für Afrika ist'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-7328255567199274349</id><published>2008-02-06T10:43:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-02-06T11:00:38.554Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Koloniale Überhänger / Colonial attitude'/><title type='text'>Immer noch: Stellvertreterkriege auf dem afrikanischen Kontinent</title><summary type='text'>Zu Zeiten des Kalten Krieges wurde der afrikanische Kontinent zu Stellvertreterkriegen zwischen den beiden Blöcken missbraucht. Das hat Afrika viele Tote und viel Elend beschert.Heute finden immer noch Stellvertreterkriege statt, die Modalitäten und Koordinaten haben sich zum Glück geändert, und die Waffe ist, zumindestens im vorliegenden Fall, der Fußball. Voilà:Ghana/Cameroon: France V Germany</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/7328255567199274349/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=7328255567199274349&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/7328255567199274349'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/7328255567199274349'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/02/stellvertreterkriege-auf-dem.html' title='Immer noch: Stellvertreterkriege auf dem afrikanischen Kontinent'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-2830017299032347449</id><published>2008-02-05T10:40:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-02-05T11:14:16.708Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Koloniale Überhänger / Colonial attitude'/><title type='text'>Meditations on Africa's Democracy</title><summary type='text'>Weiter unten hatte ich bereits Auszüge aus JJ Rawlings Rede vor dem Media Trust Limited of Nigeria in Abuja wiedergegeben und kommentiert. Nun ist eine Replik zu Rawlings Rede erschienen, die genau in die Kerbe meiner Argumente haut. Im Folgenden ein Auszug. Nachdem ich schon für meine Analyse bezüglich der Denkfaulheit afrikanischer Eliten -- politisch wie wissenschaftlich -- kritisiert worden </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/2830017299032347449/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=2830017299032347449&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/2830017299032347449'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/2830017299032347449'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/02/meditations-on-africas-democracy.html' title='Meditations on Africa&apos;s Democracy'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-4478440429980952238</id><published>2008-01-29T09:40:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-02-01T14:55:46.100Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Kann Kenia in Ghana nach den Wahlen Ende 2008 passieren?</title><summary type='text'>Kürzlich ist auf dem Ghanaweb.com ein Artikel mit dem TitelWhy Kenya will not happen in Ghanaerschienen. Hier ein Auszug:  "There is no symbiosis between Ghana and Kenya in the context of our political history. Usually, political developments in Ghana replicate themselves in Nigeria and vice versa, and not in Ghana and Kenya. Ghana attained its independence through political negotiations, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/4478440429980952238/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=4478440429980952238&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/4478440429980952238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/4478440429980952238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/01/kann-nach-den-wahlen-ende-2008-kenia-in.html' title='Kann Kenia in Ghana nach den Wahlen Ende 2008 passieren?'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-4297989749996626815</id><published>2008-01-27T14:06:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-01-30T12:15:40.108Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English speaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Koloniale Überhänger / Colonial attitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>JJ Rawlings: Challenges for democracy in Africa</title><summary type='text'>Ich bin nicht unbedingt ein Freund JJ Rawlings, vor allen Dingen, wenn ich sehe, wie er sich in den letzten zwei Jahren, die ich in Ghana verbringe, politisch geriert. Andererseits könnte er für mich der Elder Statesman sein, denn er hat Anfang 2001 die Macht an eine demokratisch gewählte Oppositionspartei, die New Democratic Party (NPP), übergeben. Dieser Umstand kann für die demokratische </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/4297989749996626815/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=4297989749996626815&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/4297989749996626815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/4297989749996626815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/01/jj-rawlings-challenges-for-democracy-in.html' title='JJ Rawlings: Challenges for democracy in Africa'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-3030502013947947232</id><published>2008-01-27T13:08:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-01-29T11:42:41.998Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Koloniale Überhänger / Colonial attitude'/><title type='text'>Ghana: König Fußball regiert!</title><summary type='text'>Man soll mir nicht nachsagen können, das Leben hier in Ghana ginge an mir vorbei! Daher ein Link zu einem halbwegs gelungenen Artikel einer deutschen Tageszeitung zum obigen Thema. Natürlich geht es auch hier (also in einer deutschen bzw. nördlichen Postille) nicht ohne reisserischen Titel! Wenn man schon nicht Hungersnot, Gewalt, Plünderung, Mord und Totschlag, Krieg, failed states, Ebola, HIV/</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/3030502013947947232/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=3030502013947947232&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/3030502013947947232'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/3030502013947947232'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/01/ghana-knig-fuball-regiert.html' title='Ghana: König Fußball regiert!'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15871475.post-5655981560448014338</id><published>2008-01-27T12:22:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-01-29T09:39:02.361Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deutschsprachig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NEPAD/APRM'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EPAs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dev Policy - Armut/Poverty - Economy/MDG - Conflict - etc'/><title type='text'>Afrika: Paradies der brutalen Selbstherrscher</title><summary type='text'>Wir (z.B. in Deutschland) bekommen unsere eigenen sozialen Probleme nicht in den Griff, meinen aber, das in Afrika als Kulturfremde stemmen zu können. Einer der großen Irrtümer: Die Verwechselung politischer Prozesse mit technokratisch-administrativen!* Jüngstes Beispiel: die Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) der EU. (Zu weiteren Informationen hierzu siehe nächsten Beitrag; mehr dazu hier &gt;&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/feeds/5655981560448014338/comments/default' title='Kommentare zum Post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15871475&amp;postID=5655981560448014338&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Kommentare'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/5655981560448014338'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15871475/posts/default/5655981560448014338'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ezwestafrika.blogspot.com/2008/01/afrika-paradies-der-brutalen.html' title='Afrika: Paradies der brutalen Selbstherrscher'/><author><name>EZ Westafrika Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04244225435016293903</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.loetzer.de/ug_KDL-magarita.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
