Dambisa Mo Dead Aid Summary

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Dambisa Moyo, Author of “Dead Aid”, explains how in aiding the African countries, we have actually hurt them in the process. Many of these points she explains include the fact that since the 1970s the percentage of Africans living on a dollar a day has risen from 10% to 70%, 60% of the African population are now 24 and under, and that the income per capita has fallen dramatically. Moyo states that Africa has become “addicted to aid” meaning that most of the governments’ money is from aid. However none of this money made it to the people causing unrest and coups throughout Africa; being that the only way to acquire a lot of money is to be in control of the government. She also states that the African governments are not acting on behalf of their …show more content…

Many of the western countries are pouring money into “government to government” packages. One other thing that is being done is, mosquito nets are being given to the people by western nations in order to help stop the spread of malaria, while good in concept, this means that the mosquito net supplier in Africa will be put out of business. Moya explains certain ways to “fix” these issues and “put a dent in poverty.” She starts off explaining that China has been coming to African countries to do business and not acting out of pity for them and building roads, ports, and railways. China has also invested in resources, banks, agriculture and many other African businesses; causing an increase in income to the poor and stopping those people from choosing the other options. Africans also need to look into alliances with countries that are interested in the goods and services being produced by Africans. Moya states that another way to help the African people would be to provide a small loan to get the poor entrepreneurs “off their feet” and jump start their businesses and create more

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