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!4jHEdP69BE 12/03/08(Wed)13:58:58 No.2325041>>2324933 I
know this isn't related to what you're saying directly, but I have
something to say of Dutch and English colonialism. The result of it
was, countries have been created which are tiny and landlocked (Rwanda
anyone?) or just shit and landlocked (Democratic republic of the Congo
is basically landlocked except for the tiny strip). These types of
nations are not even economically viable. Collier, in the bottom
billion, says something to the effect of "oh well, they're countries
now, so let's fix 'em up" - he totally ignores that this was as a
direct result of colonialism! He doesn't even mention it, I had to make
the connection myself. He also talks about "bad neighbours" with poor
infrastructure - George points out that infrastructure is geared
towards transporting crops to the former colonial masters. Again,
Collier ignores this. He emphasises the importance of African countries
having local markets, but their infrastructure isn't geared towards
this. Providing construction projects (like China is, as has just been
posted) is risky though, because of high risks of embezzlement and
stuff (oh where did that $10k go?).
>Also,
isn't world hunger going to get worse, as food prices go up? Do you see
this as a huge looming problem, or a relatively minor one? Funny,
I never even thought of how the economic crisis would impact on the
entire world. I guess it is a huge problem. What do you think? I should
think of this kind of stuff, I bet they ask me that. We obviously have
security systems in place whereby we can always get food and the like.
It's unfortunate that LEDCs can't. I suppose that more food aid will
just end up being given, or maybe less will be, since homeland issues
will be the priority given the current climate. Oh noes! |