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One Kenyan man's mission: free Africa from yoke of aid

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With a few radical ideas and a band of scrappy followers armed with hoes and pitchforks, a self-taught economist from Kenya is trying to set Africa free – liberate it from the billions of dollars in aid it receives every year from rich countries. (Christian Science Monitor [1], Friday)

We certainly hope James Shikwati succeeds in his quest.

FEE Timely Classic
The Failures and Fallacies of Foreign Aid [2] by David Osterfeld


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[1] Christian Science Monitor: http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1202/p01s02-woaf.html

[2] The Failures and Fallacies of Foreign Aid: http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=560

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