Fwd: Opening a debate

[Benin Mwangi WB]

 Hi All, you are invited to a really cool debate which Gavin and Emeka have helped to bring about.  If my memory is correct Emeka began talking about informal economies around the time of the II Carnival of Africa Enterprising and the dialogue spilled over into the google group.  Next, Gavin (who works in the economic development field) became involved in the debate and with him, so did I and a few others. 

He has just published a thought provoking post at the link below.  Afterwards, he and I shared brief dialogue and we thought it would be really nice to open the discussion up to the whole group and have people respond on their own blogs-sort of like a meme.  I am planning to respond soon and hope that you will too.  Coincidentally, Mr. Okafor just published a post on Africa Unchained with a related theme

http://africaunchained.blogspot.com/2007/08/markets-and-informal-economy.html

 

Gavin's link is

http://www.whythawk.com/analysis/ending-poverty-means-abandoning-charity-and-accepting-reality.html

 

and I will be using those two links as references...Happy blogging!

 

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Gavin Chait < gch...@whythawk.com>
Date: Aug 7, 2007 9:05 AM
Subject: Opening a debate
 

Hi,

 

Thought I'd get the debate extended on Benin and my discussion earlier.

 

http://www.whythawk.com/analysis/ending-poverty-means-abandoning-charity-and-accepting-reality.html

 

Contextualising the informal sector as well as what African governments really are.  And my usual snipe at charity.  Oh, and possibly the first direct disagreement with the alternate idea of "trade not aid" being a salve where aid has failed.

 

G

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