tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post1422969653508130658..comments2023-10-22T05:51:58.898-04:00Comments on Soob: Africa's Brain Drain is a Good ThingJay@Soobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208597218366281778noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-46139450220259131072008-08-25T07:07:00.000-04:002008-08-25T07:07:00.000-04:00Well tossing money to the governments has just cre...Well tossing money to the governments has just created big bureaucracies that function to gain more aid money for the government and cuts the government off from its tax base. I think something like 'matching funds' that universities do for fundraising might work well: say Uganda puts in $10 million of its own tax money into a highway, Western governments could pledge to match it or something like that. Clearly the current form of aid isnt' working though.Adrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05953649845499754508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-14745929210420993572008-08-22T20:39:00.000-04:002008-08-22T20:39:00.000-04:00"Teach a man to fish and he will abandon his farm ..."Teach a man to fish and he will abandon his farm and move to the fishing village."<BR/>Lol! Good one.<BR/><BR/>Good points Adrian. But, in the long term tossing money and maintaining failed infrastructure in Africa has produced what? <BR/><BR/>What does an effective African approach for the west, both civilian and governmental, look like to you?Jay@Soobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208597218366281778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-38997320661279866832008-08-22T11:12:00.000-04:002008-08-22T11:12:00.000-04:00Teach a man to fish and he will abandon his farm a...Teach a man to fish and he will abandon his farm and move to the fishing village.<BR/><BR/>The problem with remittances being counted as part of the economy is that the remittances aren't actually producing anything. Instead there is just more money in the economy which I imagine would drive up prices, hurting those who don't have relatives in the West sending them money.<BR/><BR/>In my anecdotal experience, most African emigrants stay in the West and those that move back take government jobs. India and China seem like much more attractive places to start businesses than natural resource-dependent economies like Angola.Adrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05953649845499754508noreply@blogger.com