"Dave Smith" skrev i meddelandet
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Deep Foiled Malls wrote:


SA and Zimbabwe have produced a fair number of millionaires over the
years. It's those smelly little brown people that throw things at each
other that can't seem to get it together though.


A lot of money has been pumped into Africa over the years, but it is like
a
bottomless pit. While foreign governments send billions of dollars the
poor
people remain poor and the political elite vacation in European luxury
resorts
and hotels.

Perhaps the best thing to do would be to sop giving the money to the
government
and instead, funnel it directly into infrastructure improvement. Send
their
armies, corps of engineers or contractors and equipment in to build the
projects
and hire a few locals so the money goes directly to the poor instead of
trickling down. It should be accompanied by an arms embargo on the entire
continent. If they cannot feed their people or provide any sort of
infrastructure there should be no money available for arms and ammunition.
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As I've seen almost the same scene in many African countries: "hard working
women providing responsibility for house and children while the men are
drinking beer sparing the power for the hard work of making children " I've
got the idea that women only should for one or another decade be allowed to
vote and have power. Men excluded until they've learnt better.
Could see an intersting report today on TV, was from Bangla-Desh and about a
small scale organization providing "micro-loan" for women only. They had
made real good progress with their loans used for small business, increased
farming production and other good things.
97% was paid back on time which probably compares well with big business.