Brian Gongol
"There is a kind of foreign assistance trap. If someone else -- in this case the international community -- is responsible for delivering goods and services, the domestic machinery will never get stronger and more capable. It is important to feed people, but better if indigenous agriculture can do so. The health care and educational systems have to become capable of doing their jobs. And it would be empowering for legislators to pass bills -- democratically -- that dealt with a country's social ills. It is fine to have international NGOs provide services -- they are often desperately needed. But at some point the government and local NGOs have to take responsibility for the welfare of the people." - Condoleezza Rice
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