Economist on Kenya...
"Some aid has helped Kenya; some has not. It has never been crucial to the country's prosperity. What Kenya needs most and has woefully lacked is a fairly clean, energetic government that mends the country's dreadful infrastructure, with help from abroad if need be, and then lets Kenya's many enterprising people get on without too much interference. It hasn't happened yet. One day, perhaps, it may. "
So for now we stick to the idea we started with in 2001 that helping people on the way with some money and using their own ideas is the way forward (instead of helping them with our ideas and some money....).
Sounds easy but it's not.
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