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You missing the point of aid, or misunderstanding who the "aid" is supposed to benefit. Look at the caveats the aid is given with. Look at the instances where
by senorjazz 8y ago
You missing the point of aid, or misunderstanding who the "aid" is supposed to benefit.
Look at the caveats the aid is given with. Look at the instances where that "aid" has to be spent on things that is dictated: "we give you this 'aid' which you must use to buy xyz from 'us'.
And to the other post about corruption, don't be so naive to think this is just a problem for the 'natives' to control. The aid giving countries know who we are given it to and what will happen to it. This is planned so that our interests get what they want. The corruption is complicit, maintained and wanted by western countries just as much as it is with the locals who benefit from the corruption
- crankylinuxuser 8y agoThat's also combined with good-meaning-westerners that donate goods, like clothes. Why's that bad? Because dumping that much textiles on a upcoming economy destroys any burgeoning economics related to the dumped thing.
- jhull 8y agoHere is an article on a block of East African countries trying to prevent this [0] and the backlash [1] [0] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/12/world/africa/east-africa-rwanda-used-clothing.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/12/world/africa/east-africa-... [1] https://money.cnn.com/2018/07/31/news/economy/rwanda-us-trade-fight/index.html https://money.cnn.com/2018/07/31/news/economy/rwanda-us-trad...