《Will Money Solve Africa#39;s Development Problems》.pdf

Will money solve Africa’s development problems? Yes. Ashraf Ghani 2 No. Dr. Donald Kaberuka 4 No. Edward Green 5 Only If... Iqbal Z. Quadir 6 No Way. James Shikwati 8 Yes. Professor James Tooley 9 I Thought So... Michael Fairbanks 11 No. William Easterly 13 E D WA R D G R E E N No. By now we should have learned. Donor nations have spent billions of dollars for development schemes in post-colonial Africa, yet there is little to show for this beyond dependency and corruption. Yet current policy and sentiment seem to advocate more of the same. Pop music and movie starsjoin celebrity academics in trying to shame Edward Green wealthy nations into committing ever-expanding funds to address African poverty and ill health. This grand scheme mentality has remained immune from the feedback Director of t that failed programs ought to have provided. As for the intended beneficiaries, we find he AIDS a psychological colonialism that has brainwashed the poor into believing the solutions Prevention to their problems are to be found in the technical know-how and largesse of Research wealthy countries. Project at Harvard’s A recent book, The White Man’s Burden, by William Easterly, challenges “utopian social Center for engineering” by international de-velopment experts he calls planners, for whom pove