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Browsing Tag Development
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Politics
What the problem with development aid is
In the debate about the meaning of development aid, US President Trump is creating facts. He wants to largely stop it and shrink USAID to insignificance. Will the ...
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Africa Capital News
Why Africa needs financial independence
Aid from the West often follows the political fashions among Western voters. Africa must develop the financial markets to break free from outside patronage. ...
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Deutsch
Thomas Mayers seltsame Thesen zu Afrika
Der ehemalige Volkswirt der Deutschen Bank und heutige Ökonom der Vermögensverwaltung Flossbach von Storch, Thomas Mayer, hat Thesen zur Demographie Afrikas veröffentlicht, die pseudowissenschaftlich Vorurteile rechtsaußen in unserer ...
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No, Africa does not need more philanthropy
Jeffrey Sachs, the US Economist, calls for more philanthropy in Africa. He is wrong. Philanthropy perpetuates a paternalistic attitude. Only fair economic ties can create equal relationships between ...
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Economics 0
Europeans, you are not the only ones doing charity in Africa
Europeans tend to believe that nobody except them is doing charity in Africa. This is one of the many false perceptions Europeans have. Africans do a lot of charity, ...
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Does Aid boost Development on the African continent?
Europeans are proud of all the aid they pretend to bring to Africa: government aid and a lot of donations. Do they really boost development? There are some ...
Read more on the African growth story
Read more on the African growth story in my book
“Afrika ist das neue Asien”
published in German by September 2014 with
the publishing house Hoffmann & Campe in Hamburg.
