Comments on: Debt Relief in Alaska

By: Tennysontigga

Tennysontigga — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 08:57:09 +0000

For goodness sake please give Africans the credit that they know what is best for themselves. Stop this belief that decisons which are made in the western board room are best for Africa. What is wrong with researching the needs of people and fulfilling those particular needs. Please stop this pretence.

By: BreakPovertyTogether

BreakPovertyTogether — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:13:51 +0000

I appreciate this video so much. Frank and direct about the problems with governmental approaches to poverty reduction. There is a great approach to help but it takes going there, and INVESTING, EMPOWERING, and CULTIVATING basic business creation. The governments are influenced by academics and they do great research, but business creation must be done by business people. That’s what we do, and it works very powerfully. These guys are rightfully angry. Most “aid” money is wasted.

By: otherworldz

otherworldz — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:24:28 +0000

when europeans colonized africa, they chopped up most natural borders and replaced them with false lines: DIVIDE & RULE. then, they put up puppet regimes, then screwed the people and blamed them for being screwed up. just look at african-americans: whites facilitate their problems then point and say, “look, they’re f-d up!” i know, i’m white and live in the southeastern us (60% black).

By: yahoovisitor

yahoovisitor — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:06:23 +0000

Loans are granted to Pakistan but are not monitored/audited to see the completion of the project they are sanctioned for. Pakistani ruling class & govt departments eventually eat up the entire sum. Are these loans granted to promote hypocrisy, gradually leading to fake inflation, injustice & poverty? The end result nowadays is reaction in the form of suicide bombing & destruction due to the problems mentioned. Kalabagh Dam & many projects are just a dream due to this attitude of IMF & World Bank

By: tigerone1970

tigerone1970 — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:50:15 +0000

” Can someone tell me please? ”

Sure – to keep their raw materials flowing to the West.

Africa exports 1 trillion in raw materials every year (gold, diamonds, platinum, oil, etc.) and receives 1/4 trillion in ‘donor aid’ every year.

This goes to corrupt local elites and running huge gvt bureaucracies, so they will not nationalize their mines or redistribute land to their own people.

That is why the west is rich, and African people are poor.

By: IAmTheResurrection2

IAmTheResurrection2 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:01:29 +0000

We don’t owe them “aid”. We owe them compensation damn it.

By: Tennysontigga

Tennysontigga — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:04:06 +0000

Why is the west wasting money on projects which do not reduce poverty in Africa. Can someone tell me please?

By: thuggie1

thuggie1 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:02:50 +0000

boo hoo i weep NOT!!!

By: tigerone1970

tigerone1970 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:15:25 +0000

Reinvest profits from mining and raw materials in agriculture, infrastructure and manufacturing, and building capacity (universal healthcare and education, education for farmers, civil servants and professionals), and Africa does not need ‘donor aid’ or any aid at all.

‘Donor aid’ is part of a shell game, where the wests receives Africa’s raw materials free of charge (no taxes, no profit sharing) and returns a quarter of that money, with strings attached to keep the exploitation going.

By: the5timechamp

the5timechamp — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:52:18 +0000