Ndambisa moyo, my baby got brain.

[m_kishuri]

Ndambisa argues that aid to Africa has caused more harm than good. War, poverty, corruption – blame it on aid, she says. At worst it ends up lining the pockets of corrupt political leaders, she says. At best case scenario, it does not do anything productive; it goes to fuel large bureaucracies that do not support entrepreneurship and that primarily choke off any private sector of development.

NB: MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF AID MONEY POUR TO AFRICA EVERY YEAR NA BADO TUNASUBIRI MATOKEO YAKE. ASANTE DADA NBAMBISA.

 

[Mwanamayu]

Ndambisa argues that aid to Africa has caused more harm than good. War, poverty, corruption – blame it on aid, she says. At worst it ends up lining the pockets of corrupt political leaders, she says. At best case scenario, it does not do anything productive; it goes to fuel large bureaucracies that do not support entrepreneurship and that primarily choke off any private sector of development.

NB: MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF AID MONEY POUR TO AFRICA EVERY YEAR NA BADO TUNASUBIRI MATOKEO YAKE. ASANTE DADA NBAMBISA.

What about loans? Why the world bank was established? what about looting the west is doing in Africa? Crap!!!!!!

 

[geophysics]

"more harm than good"??? she might be wrong about that...i would say the proportion of good is not what public anticipates and is low in most cases. But foreign aid 'd be a back up and is innevitable for african countries......too young to survive with our own resources. May be we should read the book and give general review...

 

[Manda]

Yes Geo, had read the book, it is a nice book and may be it good finally we heard a version of an economist from LDC's let alone she is a woman (Zambian).
Next time tujifunze kabla ya kuponda tujue content ya kitabu chake, kusoma exercepts tu haisadii kuja na rational analysis juu ya kile alichokiandika. Napingana naye kwa baadhi ya vitu alivo andika ila it is ok, nimekipenda.

BTW she is hoooot, woooow!

 

[m_kishuri]

Mwanamayo, umekisoma hicho kitabu chake kuhusu Africa, I guess not. Na kama umekisoma, basi hukukielewa. Her THESIS is clear mjomba, kwa takribani miaka 350 baada ya mikataba ya Westephalia (1648) hakuna bara au nchi yoyote iliyoendelea kwa kutembeza bakuli, na haitatokea mjomba. Kama alivyosema mkuu Manda kwamba at least tunapata mtazamo mpya kuhusu mstakabali wa bara la Afrika kutoka kwa Waafrika wenyewe.

The West looting? si tunawaachia wenyewe watuibie kwa kusign mikataba mibovu kwa kukosa uzalendo na kupendelea 10% (bahshishi) kuliko maendeleo ya nchi zetu.

 

[Manda]

On addition to above, tunasahau kuwa what written is more or less of a theory au niseme falsafa ambayo kwa uzoefu wake yy (Dambisa) wa kufanya na Bretton Woods Institutions na kwenda elite (red brick) universities anaamini kuwa ni sahihi, hence, her dictum (what she suggested), is not free from constructive criticism. Kinachotu-cost tulio wengi (wabongo), ni wavivu wa kujisomea vitabu. (simaanishi Shigongo type buks)

At least in her book she gave us the other side of Aid ambayo wengi tulikuwa hatujui. Though na mm sikubaliani naye kwa baadhi ya 'way forward' kwa LDC's to take off.