tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995313306997352940.post8160697868750198454..comments2023-10-20T15:06:46.493+01:00Comments on A Changing Life: Malawi's maizeA.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04709794851766685322noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995313306997352940.post-82110719409090847002007-07-17T20:39:00.000+01:002007-07-17T20:39:00.000+01:00There is also the problem of aid coming in the for...There is also the problem of aid coming in the form of food rather than promoting the production of food in the country itself. There can be a need for short term food aid to prevent malnutrition, but in the long term people need to be helped to help themselves.A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04709794851766685322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995313306997352940.post-18977334719607168462007-07-16T15:07:00.000+01:002007-07-16T15:07:00.000+01:00That does indeed seem to be a problem with foreign...That does indeed seem to be a problem with foreign -- particularly American? -- aid: i.e., that much, if not all, of it has to go on items that are from the country where the aid came from... :(<BR/><BR/>Re Zimbabwe: I was there in December 1995. Back then, it already had a 50% unemployment rate yet, at the same time, it still seemed a lot less dysfunctional than some other African countries. YTSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930487923185001591noreply@blogger.com