In Africa's Anguish, Foreign Aid Is a Culprit

Publication Date: August 1985

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Alan Rufus Waters

Research Area: International relations

Keywords: Trade and foreign aid

Type: Report

Abstract:

If the U.S. gives money to the rulers of Africa, it is by definition interfering in their domestic policies. Decency and morality demand that aid and assistance be offered only to those who request it and voluntarily accept our terms for its use. To behave as though it does not is outright deception. AID administrators have an obligation to demand major policy changes. No timid "policy dialogue" or polite observance of the niceties of diplomatic rigmarole will suffice.