Monday, July 14, 2008

Aid-Bashing to Go High-Fashion in Accra

Aid-Bashing to Go High-Fashion in Accra

Bright B. Simons & Franklin Cudjoe

Six weeks from now, a conference is supposed to take place in the West African country of Ghana that its organizers and participants claim will transform the aid process for the better.
But don't be fooled by the slogans and slick marketing, the Aid industry has no intention of changing its game, and its worst critics are in actual fact its best friends.

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Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Thickheadedness on African debt

Thickheadedness on African debt

By Franklin Cudjoe, ACCRA, GhanaTuesday, July 8, 2008

Special to The Japan Times
ACCRA, Ghana

"For too long, ordinary Africans have struggled to get ahead because ofpoor governance, corruption and a general lack of economic freedom; the G8would only perpetuate these policies with its well-intentioned, yetill-practiced policies on debt forgiveness."

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