COPING WITH POVERTY IN AFRICA

by John Mclean

THE SELF INTEREST OF THE MAJOR ECONOMIC NATIONS

THE NEW BUZZWORDS - " ENLIGHTENED SELF INTEREST "

In past years it was always the African countries which were the richest in natural resources who received the most attention from the major economic countries. Interest in these counties with rich natural resources was kept high solely due to national self interest. The extremely poor African countries, those without major resources to deplete, were forgotten and abandoned. Somalia, Ethiopia, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Burkina Faso, and Mozambique are examples of African countries left solely to their own devices.

However, things may now be changing, and it is enlightened self interest which is now the key concept during world economic forums. In March of this year, the World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland, tried an experiment of a
"town-hall meeting" to find out what the top issues for the attendees were. What......

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Title: Coping With Poverty In Africa
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