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Originally posted by Sparhawk
Hoo-ah!
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O.K. so I couldn't get you going on the emotional stuff.
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Originally posted by lurkette
I think Bush has a good idea on this one - transparency and accountability in IMF and World Bank aid. A good deal of the money from "foreign aid" and foreign-aid sponsored resource deals goes straight into the pockets of the dictators and cronies ruling these countries. Corruption is a HUGE problem.
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I agree that a lot of the money that flows to thes areas ends up in the hands of the dictators and their cronies. We need to get more of the resources to the populations of these countries. Maybe freezing some bank accounts would help. Hiring western firms to go into these countries and improve their infrastructure would go a long way to helping the populations, also.