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1、WillmoneysolveAfrica’sdevelopmentproblems?Yes.AshrafGhani2No.Dr.DonaldKaberuka4No.EdwardGreen5OnlyIf...IqbalZ.Quadir6NoWay.JamesShikwati8Yes.ProfessorJamesTooley9IThoughtSo...MichaelFairbanks11No.WilliamEasterly13EDWARDGREENNo.Bynowweshouldhavelearned.Donornationshavespentbil
2、lionsofdollarsfordevelopmentschemesinpost-colonialAfrica,yetthereislittletoshowforthisbeyonddependencyandcorruption.Yetcurrentpolicyandsentimentseemtoadvocatemoreofthesame.Popmusicandmoviestarsjoincelebrityacademicsintryingtoshamewealthynationsintocommittingever-expandingfund
3、stoaddressAfricanpovertyEdwardGreenandillhealth.ThisgrandschemementalityhasremainedimmunefromthefeedbackDirectoroftthatfailedprogramsoughttohaveprovided.Asfortheintendedbeneficiaries,wefindheAIDSapsychologicalcolonialismthathasbrainwashedthepoorintobelievingthesolutionsPreven
4、tiontotheirproblemsaretobefoundinthetechnicalknow-howandlargesseofResearchwealthycountries.ProjectatHarvard’sArecentbook,TheWhiteMan’sBurden,byWilliamEasterly,challenges“utopiansocialCenterforengineering”byinternationalde-velopmentexpertshecallsplanners,forwhompovertyisPopula
5、tion&anengineeringproblemwithtechnicalsolutionsonlytheycanconcoct.NeededinsteadareDevelopmentsearchers,whogotoAfricawithhumility,openminds,andability,tolearnanddiscernStudies.whatworksandwhatdoesn’tindifferentculturalsettings.Publichealthisoneofthefewareasofdevelopmentthathas
6、achievedsomegenuine,sustainedresults.YetweneedonlyexaminetheWesternresponsetoAIDS,oneofAfrica’sworstproblems,toseereplicationofeverymistakemadebyplannersoverthepasthalf-century.EvidenceismountingthattheWesternbiomedicalmodelofAIDSprevention—condoms,antibioticsforsexuallytrans
7、mittedinfections,andtestingpeopleforHIVinfection—hasbeenlargelyineffectiveinAfrica.Morerecently,billionsofdollarshasgoneintotreatingAIDSwithexpensiveantiretroviraldrugs,anunprecedentedpublichealthinterventionwithas-yetunknowneffectsonthefutureofthepandemic.Availabilityofthese
8、drugshasnotreducedtherateofnewHIVinfectionsintheU.S.AfricanAIDSisdri