Monday, 19 April 2010

Reasons why Malawi is still so poor

Are, I think, (in no particular order):

  • Envy, which causes a lot of destruction;
  • Corruption, which undermines systems;
  • Colonialism, which has either created or accentuated a culture where individuals are discouraged from taking decisions, which causes stagnation and delay;
  • Self-interest (of some donors), who are only just beginning to co-ordinate their efforts, rarely stay for more than a few years and frequently make aid conditional on the introduction of systems and ideologies that don't fit here, which wastes a lot of energy and resources;
  • Greed (of some in power), which the greedy part of me understands, but which causes some shocking inefficiencies and inequalities;
  • Hypocrisy, which means that notions of 'international free trade' are just a joke and it is a constant up-hill struggle for Malawi to sell things and prosper.

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1 comment:

  1. uneducated majority
    laziness
    lack of exposure
    traditional beliefs
    poverty itself- having no resources at all(in some places primary schools r still very far, and 5 year olds have to cross big rivers, after leaving their homes without eating anything at all). honestly, how sure are we that this kid will have a brughter future? we have more reasons to believe in God for

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