What do you think?
Is there some large selfish scheme behind it, meant to benefit a few close interests?
I mean, we all know that countries that receive foreign aid tend to get worse and worse, and that foreign aid is far less than possible foreign investment if those countries were open. We know that South Korea soared in development once it REFUSED foreign aid.
But apart from the incompetency of the system, could there be a genuine means of criminally benefitting foreign interests of domestic businesses and other groups at the expense of ordinary citizens?
In a way yes. It seems to think that governemnt is the answer and thus foreign governments benefit at the expense of the people.
The worst people though are the hypocrticial multimillionaires who on their ego trips, preach about how everyone else should be saving the planet and the third world. And yes I’m talking about you Bob Geldof.
Incidentally 95% of the money raised at Live Aid went to buy weapons; I assume the other 5% went on Mercedes.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8535189.stm
It’s still difficult to imagine these schemes go on despite their known lack of success.
All the high quality irrigation pipes purchased on foreign aid are found rusting a year later in many African countries, because of their lack of management and servicing. If it was an actual business managing those pipes, they’d be working in full fledged condition right now.
There are even stories of schools and hospitals which are planned to be made from that money, but the foundations are laid, and the projects abandoned forever afterwards.
What a waste. I still wonder what exactly western nations gain from friendships with Third World dictators. UN votes? Nah, that can’t be it; you don’t spend millions to get one vote.
It’s just so easy and profitable for all sides to just choose peaceful trade, but I don’t know why all this nonsense with aid money and having it funneled into wars and luxuries for local warlords.
Problem is most folks with give you points for trying; even if your attempts are misguided, based on faulty logic, and end up hurting people.