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Experts Say Entrepreneurship, Not Aid, Is Key To Ethiopia’s Future
Experts Say Entrepreneurship, Not Aid, Is Key To Ethiopia’s Future

Foreign aid is not a cure-all for Africa according to experts and leaders from Africa who spoke at a recent conference in New York City. Rather, they suggest foreign aid is only part of the panacea alongside a more holistic dose of self-reliance, good governance, entrepreneurship and transcendent spiritual values.

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Africa, Christianity, EconomyDr. Robert CarleDr. Robert Carle, Ethiopia, Acton Institute, Desta Heliso, Sophos Africa, McCandlish Phillips Journalism Institute, The King’s College, Dr. Gedion Timothewos, Dr. William Easterly, Acton Institute’s Michael Miller, Poverty, Inc., Primary Feature, Secondary Feature, Secondary featureComment
Why Foreign Aid Is Not Changing Africa And What Can Be Done
Why Foreign Aid Is Not Changing Africa And What Can Be Done

(OPINION) The goal of aid is to end situations that lead to aid. It is estimated that the West has given $1.2 trillion in aid and development assistance to Africa since 1990 according to Greg Mills in the book “Expensive Poverty.” Much of that aid came from the U.S. But sadly the foreign aid has had little or no impact on bettering the lives of poor Africans. 

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Africa, Analysis, Opinion, Primary FeatureDesta HelisoDesta Heliso, Ethiopia, Africa, Sophos Africa, Foreign Aid, Senegal President Macky Sall, Macky Sall, African Union, Development assistance, development assistance, Greg Mills, Expensive Poverty, Paul Kegame, SOPHOS AFRICA, William Easterly, he White Man’s Burden, Dambisa Moyo, Western Aid at a Crossroads: The End of Paternalism, Africa Growth and Opportunity Act, corruption, Primary Feature, recharge, RechargeComment