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Old 10-24-2009, 12:22 AM   #14 (permalink)
hawkal
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Originally Posted by ar81 View Post
Because Africa has been targeted for charity, not development.
The difference is that charity is about giving one fish, development is about teaching how o fish.
But surely that doesn't mean to say that the people of Africa's poorest nations have no initiative (or maybe it does). There was always a first for something, like the first person to catch a fish. What's stopping them from "taking the bull by the horns" and really taking control of the situation even if it means learning old skills?

Have they no gumption?
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