Amongst the biggest problems are:francovendee wrote: ↑20 Mar 2023, 8:44am I may be mistaken but I think many or most African countries have greater corruption in their politics than The UK.
This leads to the riches of the countries being held back from benefiting the poor.
Exploitation by the West - we'll come and dig up your diamonds and give you a few jobs but we'll take 95% of the profits
High level corruption - aid money gets to people who, even if they want to invest it locally, see they can make much more by sending it abroad where the western money men are happy to gamble with it
The aid industry - why try and set up a local business when an aid agency will give you a Toyota landcruiser and a salary for just driving around looking 'charitable'.
For Rwanda must be added the aftermath of the genocide, neighbourly trust is forever lost yet Suella thinks it a suitable country to ship our asylum seekers