RE: Again, please don’t spread misinformation

Hold on, aid is only a minor point really. Hardly worth arguing about!

There are bigger issues indeed. A lot of the problem in poor countries, especially African ones, revolve around poor governance. A program I would look at personally, is a “mentor” scheme whereby every rich country was teamed up with a poor country. They would help each other with cooperation, tarrif removal and others.

The rich country would second qualified people, who would take an active role in running the poor country. To a smaller extent, the secondments would be two-way.

There is not a huge amount of spending required for this, just good will and willingness to learn and to accept new methods.

Otherwise I fear, nothing will ever be done. The absolute farce of the Jhb summit is proof enough of that.