IMF: Foreign Aid Does Not Work
July 18th, 2007 | Published in Africa, Aid, Governance | 1 Comment
The rug just got pulled under Bono and all other aid proponents.
Aid to poor countries has little effect on economic growth, and policies that rely on such claims should be reexamined - IMF
“We find little evidence of a robust positive correlation between aid and growth,” says IMF economists, There is “little evidence that aid works better in better policy or institutional environments, or that certain kinds of aid work better than others.”
This statement is long over due, way too long!
July 31st, 2007 at 2:56 pm (#)
Thanks sharing this “The challenge is, how do you harness this good intention and good motives into better results?” I am no economist and came to the same conclusion but people still do not get it. Africa is a land flowing with “milk and honey”; just ask Procter & Gamble, Shell, Anglo American, Coca-Cola, Sygenta, Unilever and others. We do NOT need aid! Handouts will not improve the African lot. A little bit of effort in stopping and reversing the rot is all that is required. Oil, Diamonds, Gold, and many more are plentiful in Africa. A rotten few are holding a huge number of people prisoners.