Why Should We Help?
Summary – Acknowledgement – Introduction – Why Should We Help? – The Benefits – The Venture Itself – How to Avoid the Marie Antoinette Syndrome – The Action Plan – Conclusion – Selected Bibliography
It all sounds very edifying, but why on earth should we at BCIT consider starting a project that would help Africa? There are, in fact, a number of arguments why we should not help. Some of these arguments are discussed in this section.
Read More: It’s Their Own Fault If They Are Poor – Jared Diamond and Western (Cargo) – Ineffective Aid – Muhammad Yunus and Microcredit – Unscrupulous People – The System – Grameen Bank – It Doesn’t Affect Us, So Why Should We Care? – The Poor Will Always Be With Us – There Is No Point In Giving Aid – Where Does All The Money Go? – Africa’s Onerous Challenges – Africa’s Extreme Poverty – Corruption and Poor Governance – Lack of Modern Values and Free Market Economies – A Population Explosion? – Why Not Leave It to the United Nations and the World’s Governments? – The UN – The Governments of the World – Grassroots Movements
