Thursday, August 20, 2009

A new approach to development aid:

The idea is simple: The payment of a basic monthly income, funded with tax revenues, of 100 Namibia dollars, or about €9 ($13), for each citizen. There are no conditions, and nothing is expected in return.

An approach like this says that the people you're trying to help are productive, hard-working, and smart, and that they know better what they need than you do. If they get drunk, you're wrong, if they start businesses, you're right.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Glad you are back posting. This post is interesting, I have no problem with the premise I wonder if it is time limited and if so if a gradual decrease in the "stipend" isn't helpful because no matter how much you tell people it will stop at some point I have seen how much "denial" plays a role.