Tag: Malawi
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A Case Study in Toxic Charity: Malawi and Donated Clothes
The BBC has a troubling video about the destruction of the Malawi cotton and textile industries due to Western charity. Before the video, I want to say a few things about economic aid and development. Economic Development comes in three modes: relief, rehabilitation, and development. When people are at the edge of survival, say during…
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Ending Famine, Simply by Ignoring the Experts
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…
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Entrepreneurs From China Flourish in Africa
New York Times: Entrepreneurs From China Flourish in Africa LILONGWE, Malawi — When Yang Jie left home at 18, he was doing what people from China’s hardscrabble Fujian Province have done for generations: emigrating in search of a better living overseas. What set him apart was his destination. Instead of the traditional adopted homelands like…