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What's the solution?
by nradov 5mo ago
What's the solution?
- elmomle 5mo agoArguably, just to leave them alone, neither exploiting nor trying to "help". It sucks and it hurts, but outside interference does not seem to help a society heal itself. This has been argued by more informed people than myself-- https://www.uvm.edu/~jashman/CDAE195_ESCI375/To%20Hell%20with%20Good%20Intentions.pdf https://www.uvm.edu/~jashman/CDAE195_ESCI375/To%20Hell%20wit...
- true_religion 5mo agoThat’s true in order to truly change a society you have to no longer be an outsider, but that’s a level of entanglement that NGOs rarely do now adays. The ones that do it though are all religious institutions so their goals are more social/moral rather than economic or geopolitical.
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- codeforafrica 5mo agoWhat would help is to buy their products and resources for a fair price.
- ithkuil 5mo agoHow do you determine what's a fair price?
- econ 5mo agoSometimes it's hard but with things like gold it's pretty obvious.
- xp84 5mo agoWho's currently getting a below-market deal on gold from Africa?
- codeforafrica 5mo agoA local director of a gold mine here in Tanzania told me that all the profits of the mine go to the owners in China. I don't know how much profit they are making, but if Tanzania as a country does not benefit from the mines then the deal is better than it should be.
- signatoremo 5mo agoHave you seen how active China and to some degree Russia have been in Africa? When there is vacuum someone will fill it. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47978386 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47978386