Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Dambisa is not impressed with your celebrity cause.

This was the most interesting article to me in Sunday's Times...

You argue in your book that Western aid to Africa has not only perpetuated poverty but also worsened it, and you are perhaps the first African to request in book form that all development aid be halted within five years. Think about it this way — China has 1.3 billion people, only 300 million of whom live like us, if you will, with Western living standards. There are a billion Chinese who are living in substandard conditions. Do you know anybody who feels sorry for China? Nobody.

Also, killer shoes!!

Read more from diva-conomist Dambisa Moyo.

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