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Ending Famine, Simply by Ignoring the Experts

Dec 6, 2007

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by

mwkruse

in Africa, Capitalism and Markets, Economic Development, Economics, Poverty, Public Policy

New York Times: Ending Famine, Simply by Ignoring the Experts LILONGWE, Malawi — Malawi hovered for years at the brink of famine. After a disastrous corn harvest in 2005, almost five million of its 13 million people needed emergency food aid. But this year, a nation that has perennially extended a begging bowl to the…