Clean Up Graft, Promote Transparency - Africa's Development Road Map

From AllAfrica Blog Thu Mar 27 2014, 13:03:22

[IDS]I recently came across an interview from 2005, with a Kenyan African Economics Expert James Shikwati titled "For God's Sake, Please Stop the Aid!". According to him, aid to Africa does more harm than good. He spoke about the disastrous effects of Western development policy in Africa, corrupt rulers, and the tendency to overstate the AIDS problem. This got me thinking about the age-long argument of the impact of foreign aid on African countries.

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