Comments on: The State of Aid in Africa http://deanebarker.net/blog/post/235 It's like an electronic mirror, into which I can gaze. Wed, 09 May 2012 13:43:19 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Why Foreign Aid Doesn’t Seem to Work :: DeaneBarker.net http://deanebarker.net/blog/post/235/comment-page-1#comment-18681 Why Foreign Aid Doesn’t Seem to Work :: DeaneBarker.net Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:43:58 +0000 http://deanebarker.net/blog/?p=235#comment-18681 [...] We talked about this same thing a year ago: The State of Aid in Africa. [...] [...] We talked about this same thing a year ago: The State of Aid in Africa. [...]

]]> By: deane http://deanebarker.net/blog/post/235/comment-page-1#comment-8305 deane Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:26:04 +0000 http://deanebarker.net/blog/?p=235#comment-8305 Chinese involvement in Africa is both good and bad. People are calling it the new wave of imperialism, saying that China has plans to essentially take over some African nations. While they probably couldn't just invade, they can control nations through economic ties. You know, like America does... Chinese involvement in Africa is both good and bad. People are calling it the new wave of imperialism, saying that China has plans to essentially take over some African nations. While they probably couldn’t just invade, they can control nations through economic ties.

You know, like America does…

]]> By: Chris_ http://deanebarker.net/blog/post/235/comment-page-1#comment-8304 Chris_ Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:01:23 +0000 http://deanebarker.net/blog/?p=235#comment-8304 I was actually reading about this the other day in a Newsweek or something like that the other day. Apparently there are a lot of Chinese companies that have started to invest in the continent. They pointed to the fact that Africa has the highest return on investment of any continent and a large portion of the countries are becoming stable enough to actually invest in. The article also pointed out how demoralizing it is for people in Africa to have to live a life of continual aid. Thinking about it logically, who would be doing more good? Someone that continually gave a city of people 17 cents a day to live off of or a corporation that started up a production factory in a city and paid them $1 a day to create something. Granted one is more politically correct than the other, but which is more helpful. I was actually reading about this the other day in a Newsweek or something like that the other day. Apparently there are a lot of Chinese companies that have started to invest in the continent. They pointed to the fact that Africa has the highest return on investment of any continent and a large portion of the countries are becoming stable enough to actually invest in.

The article also pointed out how demoralizing it is for people in Africa to have to live a life of continual aid.

Thinking about it logically, who would be doing more good? Someone that continually gave a city of people 17 cents a day to live off of or a corporation that started up a production factory in a city and paid them $1 a day to create something. Granted one is more politically correct than the other, but which is more helpful.

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