Feeding Poor Governance

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Dear Sam:
I read your article form your friend's point of view. Guess what? Donor countries are helping to solve the problem directly or indirectly created 'some of them". They create dictators, they create poverty by not listening to even governments who are trying to abolish poverty once and all like my country Ethiopia. The governmentof Ethiopia is telling NGO' to be accountable and transparent then NGOs say No this will damage our "interest" of the country or organisation we represent. What does that mean? How can an organisation asked to be transparet damage any interest of a group? For every $they give they want to immense themselves into internal affairs of a country. If this is the idea of some I say NO THANK YOU!
People know what aid money is doing to them. So please can your friend do us a favour and get facts and figures and let us read him.

Eliza M. Desta of CA 8:42PM August 18, 2008

Donor Country has to subsidized their farmers there fore needs to give out nearly expired grain or exchange the amount of money from IMF/wb as development.... this the trick with big donor nation
call behind the sen or the catch as they said in the west
nothing really help it is really killing in other words
let that nation become dependent like Same said it

hagerwedade of CA 2:00AM August 16, 2008

Why is the west and westerners seems surprised every time hunger or brutal killings happened in Africa they are the cause of the missery the Ethiopians are facing now, the dictator in Addis Abeba is doing their dirty job.

Sewyelem Michael of IN 3:44PM August 14, 2008

I can only hope that some scholar or smart person applies this same principle to the USA.
Ever since welfare, ADC, etc., the USA has generated a sub society of people on the dole that survive on handouts, sometimes for generations of recipients who have provided no contributions to society whatsoever.
Democrats thrive on the welfare recipients votes and I think it is tragic. Obama's call for another rebate check is just guying more votes from the people who are at the bottom end of society. If that money must be spent, it should be put into programs to offer jobs to do constructive work, not freebies for low income people to buy tennis shoes made in China.
I couldn't agree more with the principle that we should force people to fish, not give them free fish. There is no future in free handouts in terms of building a sustainable economy for people to prosper in.

doc of IL 4:32AM August 14, 2008

Dear Dealey,
Please tell that to Uncle Sam who is screwing up in Ethiopia. Many Ethiopians have both the resource and the vision to build a prosperous and peaceful country. But Zenawi's government with the help of US money and military hardware has been commiting hedious gross human rights violations and extrajudicial killings. Every Ethiopian is a refugee in his/her own country. It is very unlikely that we will eliminate poverty and famine as long as corrupt and bloodthirtsty gangs cling to power with American backing.
Let the US stop supporting dictator Meless and we will show you how to make cookies without foreign aid.

Ezezew of 9:17PM August 13, 2008

I agree with you. Donor nations shouldn't waste their respective country's tax payers' money and the lives of so many innocent citizens in each receiver countries by financing dictators.

zeberga of MS 6:47PM August 13, 2008

What new suggestion did you make for the food crisis that faces many poor countries apart from paraphrasing your friend's "excellent piece"? Please don't write just for the sake of writing and getting yourself in the reporters list.
Lood Luck for the future!

Albert of FL 3:51AM August 13, 2008