U-hjelp

Er u-hjelp egentlig skadelig?

For mye u-hjelp til Afrika?

"Ahead of this week's G8 conference in Scotland, the world's richest nations forgave billions in debt to the world's poorest. Great news, right? Not necessarily. Decades of Western aid have done little to ease suffering in Africa -- indeed the situation is worse than ever. Is it time for the West to rethink its aid strategy?"

http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518,363604,00.html

U-hjelp opprettholder korrupsjon

Denne artikkelen i Washington Post hevder at mange afrikanere forstår at u-hjelp i stor grad har den effekt at korrupte regimer opprettholdes.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/02/AR2005070201372.html




"For Guds skyld: stopp u-hjelpen nå!"


En kenyansk økonom har dette å si om u-hjelp: "For God's Sake, Please Stop the Aid!"

"The Kenyan economics expert James Shikwati, 35, says that aid to Africa does more harm than good. The avid proponent of globalization spoke with SPIEGEL about the disastrous effects of Western development policy in Africa, corrupt rulers, and the tendency to overstate the AIDS problem. ..."

http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518,druck-363663,00.html


Kronikk om u-hjelp av Egil Bakke: http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kronikker/article1085298.ece

Kronikk om u-hjelp av Arne Jon Isachsen: http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kronikker/article1095139.ece