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Old 12-09-2010, 09:17 PM #22
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Originally Posted by angus58 View Post
We have been throwing money at Africa for decades and until the corruption and fraud that exists in dictatorships is tackled it is futile donating any more.
Once funds are sent to a country it is then under the control of whatever regime happens to be in power.
A country which spent centuries creating domestic wealth by exploiting foreign colonies barely living up to a target of spending 0.7% of our annual GDP on foreign aid is hardly what I would call throwing money at Africa.
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