Comments on: L’aide au sous-développement http://www.sardanapale.com/2009/07/10/laide-au-sous-developpement/ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:47:27 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Isabella Williams http://www.sardanapale.com/2009/07/10/laide-au-sous-developpement/comment-page-1/#comment-54052 Isabella Williams Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:47:27 +0000 http://www.sardanapale.com/?p=863#comment-54052 food aids are badly needed by third world countries and we really need to give something to the poor.``: food aids are badly needed by third world countries and we really need to give something to the poor.“:

]]> By: Autumn Washington http://www.sardanapale.com/2009/07/10/laide-au-sous-developpement/comment-page-1/#comment-54049 Autumn Washington Sat, 03 Jul 2010 04:19:28 +0000 http://www.sardanapale.com/?p=863#comment-54049 Food Aids are badly needed by third world countries like in Africa in Asia.;", Food Aids are badly needed by third world countries like in Africa in Asia.;”,

]]> By: Sardanapale http://www.sardanapale.com/2009/07/10/laide-au-sous-developpement/comment-page-1/#comment-53719 Sardanapale Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:11:02 +0000 http://www.sardanapale.com/?p=863#comment-53719 Barack Obama, when he was in Ghana last week, rightly said: "The purpose of foreign assistance must be creating the conditions where it's no longer needed." By that standard it has patently failed. African governments typically get more than 30% of their budget from foreign donors - and in some cases much more (about 60% for Tanzania and Uganda, I think)). Yet according to an <a href="http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/osgdp20085_en.pdf" rel="nofollow">UNCTAD paper </a>issued last October, "budget support is on the rise, particularly in Africa". Barack Obama, when he was in Ghana last week, rightly said: “The purpose of foreign assistance must be creating the conditions where it’s no longer needed.”

By that standard it has patently failed. African governments typically get more than 30% of their budget from foreign donors – and in some cases much more (about 60% for Tanzania and Uganda, I think)). Yet according to an UNCTAD paper issued last October, “budget support is on the rise, particularly in Africa”.

]]> By: Jean Dupond http://www.sardanapale.com/2009/07/10/laide-au-sous-developpement/comment-page-1/#comment-53683 Jean Dupond Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:52:05 +0000 http://www.sardanapale.com/?p=863#comment-53683 In 200 years, the aid sophism will have been debunked, exposed and all gone- hopefully since a long time by then. Who is getting bled nowadays to "cure" all sorts of diseases. We are all laughing at bleeding, but it is not as absurd at we know it is now. If disease are carried through blood, bleeding will evacuate the disease agent. How giving free stuff can be detrimental to anyone? It is though, it bloody is... In 200 years, the aid sophism will have been debunked, exposed and all gone- hopefully since a long time by then. Who is getting bled nowadays to “cure” all sorts of diseases. We are all laughing at bleeding, but it is not as absurd at we know it is now. If disease are carried through blood, bleeding will evacuate the disease agent. How giving free stuff can be detrimental to anyone? It is though, it bloody is…

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