Poverty Alleviation
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Thanks Susan, for your critical observations in regard to foreign aid
and poverty alleviation. Currently I am working with an International
organisation that is tackling poverty. I would wish to add my voice
among the points you have elucidated.
Political interference is certainly one of the major impediments to
poverty alleviation. Unfortunately, agencies and organisations that
are trying to combat poverty not only succumb but collaborate as well
with political elites. Bureaucracy also hinders the distribution of
aid. Aid is deviated from the most needy areas to relatively well off
areas and a little of it is actually effected.
However Third World still badly need these donor agencies because
they provide employment, part skills to the people and actually pro-
vide an opportunity for educated persons to apply their skills and
acquire experience. We indeed appreciate their efforts in assisting
our Nations, but at times they deviate from the real sectors that
need a boost to catapult Third World countries from poverty and con-
centrate on areas that are largely political other than of economic
viability.
If indeed donors are to assist in combating poverty, we shall need a
"big push" strategy more less equivalent to the one the then Recon-
struction Bank did for Europe and Japan just after the Second World
War. I hope to hear from you and have a good conference.
Paul
JICA/Makerere
Sociology Dept.
Uganda
mailto:socdev@infocom.co.ug
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