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Arguably, 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 he
by elmomle 5mo ago
Arguably, 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