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Except the "stuff" isn't everything, it's a few specific things (medicine and bednets). No one being given this stuff was about to go synthesize malaria drugs a
by elil17 4y ago
Except the "stuff" isn't everything, it's a few specific things (medicine and bednets). No one being given this stuff was about to go synthesize malaria drugs and make a fortune. Nothing is getting in the way of Africa's biggest economic activities such as mining, agriculture, and financial services.
- imtringued 4y agoJust manufacture the nets and drugs in the destination country, two birds one stone.
- elil17 4y agoYou face a very real short term trade off between manufacturing at a higher cost in the destination country (thereby saving fewer lives) and manufacturing at a lower cost elsewhere (thereby saving more lives but contributing less to the local economy). I would argue you want to do the latter because both net and medicine manufacturing are capital intensive - a small number of people are employed despite the large cost of setting up a factory. Most of the local economic contribution is going to come from hiring people to handle distribution.