Good Eating for Experts: More on Why Africa is Poor
Michael Wines, writing from Malawi in Africa:
It makes one wonder why, with so many experts here to do good, the rest of the country not only isn't thriving, but is slipping backward.. . .
There is even a hilarious poem demonizing "the development set":
We bring in consultants whose circumlocution
Raises difficulties for every solution
Thus guaranteeing continued good eating
By showing the need for another meeting.
MICHAEL WINES. "Letter From Malawi: Amid Squalor, an Aid Army Marches to No Drum at All." The New York Times (Weds., December 7, 2005): A4.
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Posted by: angela | December 14, 2005 2:47 PM