http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/
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July 04, 2005
SPIEGEL INTERVIEW WITH AFRICAN ECONOMICS EXPERT
“For God’s Sake, Please Stop the Aid!”
The Kenyan economics expert James Shikwati, 35, says that aid to Africa does more harm than good. The avid proponent of globalization spoke with SPIEGEL about the disastrous effects of Western development policy in Africa, corrupt rulers, and the tendency to overstate the AIDS problem.
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Shikwati: If they really want to fight poverty, they should completely halt development aid and give Africa the opportunity to ensure its own survival. Currently, Africa is like a child that immediately cries for its babysitter when something goes wrong. Africa should stand on its own two feet.
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Like the Hippocratic oath, when you donate to a charity, “first do no harm”.
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