http://www.thedefendersonline.com A civil rights blog promoting informed discourse on issues of race, justice, equality and democracy. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:40:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/04/17/is-aid-a-bad-prescription-for-africa/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/04/17/is-aid-a-bad-prescription-for-africa/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:24:03 +0000 The Editors http://thedefendersonline.com/?p=6114 Stacey Patton In her new book, Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is a Better Way for Africa, the Harvard and Oxford-educated Zambian native argues that wealthy western countries providing billions of dollars in aid to the continent have failed to feed and teach Africans how to cast their own nets so they can be self-sufficient.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/04/17/is-aid-a-bad-prescription-for-africa/feed/ 4