The World Bank set out to transform health care for the poor in Africa. It drove patients deeper into poverty.
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Moikanyoloko@reddit
The World Bank exists only to spread neoliberalism and offer cheap debt for ideologically aligned governments, independently of their corruption, crimes or authoritarianism.
The article is just an example of their export of neoliberalism, with predictable results on the poor.
Paraphrasing news headlines on other topics: "The poor in Africa got healthcare, but at what cost?"
Strikingprotocol@reddit
If my life was saved, by someone because I lived in failed state I wouldn't complain.
Civsi@reddit
Could probably find a reason or two to complain if you looked into why your state had "failed" and how the organization "saving" you is connected to that.
Strikingprotocol@reddit
Let me guess — colonization, right?
It always comes back to that.
Never mind the fact it ended over 80 years ago.
How long are you planning to cope?
Seriously — how much time needs to pass before responsibility is taken?
And let’s be honest: Africa is worse off after colonization.
Just look at China and Africa in 1945 — by most metrics, Africa was ahead. China had virtually nothing.
Now look at where they are.
Google "Empire of Dirt" and watch it. Then come back to me.
xccehlsiorz@reddit
Lol, 80 years ago. My grandmother was born before it supposedly ended, not to mention neocolonialism. Stfu, imperialist bootlicker.
You can thank communism for changing that. All while kicking you fucking colonizers out of there.
Yeah, the Belgians were so nice to the Congolese.
Read about the Marshall plan. Gods, it's like talking to a 5 year old.
Strikingprotocol@reddit
maybe you should pick a book about something else than pathetic coping, I recommend economy
Ok i will....
The plan ran from 1948 to 1952, with the U.S. contributing $13.3 billion (equivalent to about $150 billion today). 150B across whole western Europe is nothing.
"Its role in rapid recovery has been debated. The Marshall Plan's accounting reflects that aid accounted for about 3% of the combined national income of the recipient countries between 1948 and 1951, which means an increase in GDP growth of less than half a percent."
WOW whole HALF A PERCENT WOWSERS!!!!
Did i say that?
lmao great another tankie with selective memory
xccehlsiorz@reddit
Oops Colombo Plan for Asia. My mistake, moron.
Strikingprotocol@reddit
The primary focus of its work is on the development of human resources in the south and southeast regions of Asia. Aid to education 1950 to 1983 came to $72 billion, of which $41 billion came from the United States.
Lets compare to Africa...
Over the past 30 years, Africa has received an estimated $1.2 trillion in aid. This aid has come from various sources, including the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and bilateral partners like the United States and the European Union. Despite these substantial inflows, some scholars argue that aid has not always translated into sustainable growth and poverty reduction, potentially contributing to dependency. 1.2 trillion is ... 1200 billion
Very comparable....
Strikingprotocol@reddit
lmao keep coping
Strikingprotocol@reddit
maybe you should pick a book about something else than pathetic coping, I recommend economy
Ok i will....
The plan ran from 1948 to 1952, with the U.S. contributing $13.3 billion (equivalent to about $150 billion today). 150B across whole western Europe is nothing.
"Its role in rapid recovery has been debated. The Marshall Plan's accounting reflects that aid accounted for about 3% of the combined national income of the recipient countries between 1948 and 1951, which means an increase in GDP growth of less than half a percent."
WOW whole HALF A PERCENT WOWSERS!!!!
Did i say that?
lmao great another tankie with selective memory
RoostasTowel@reddit
The people the Chinese Communists kicked out were other Chinese.
They didn't remove Britain or Japan.
Civsi@reddit
Fucking lol.
Ruby2312@reddit
It’s true, they didnt kick them out, they just killed them
Houdles567@reddit
Ah, I forgot that things can only have consequences for 80 years, and that no more recent injustices have happened ever.
Thanks for that brain dead drivel.
Strikingprotocol@reddit
like what?
swelboy@reddit
What exactly is your definition of “neoliberalism” here?
MasterDefibrillator@reddit
It's a good question. My own personal definition is that neoliberalism is just a rebranding of the failed laze fare experiment in the 19th century. It is the globalisation of the rights of capital holders above and beyond the rights of workers. It is neither liberal, nor neo, to borrow Chomsky's terminology.
Kaymish_@reddit
Oh wow I am absolutely shocked that the debt trap organization debt trapped a whole bunch of people. Why would China do this?/s
This is the obvious consequence of the World Bank's constant push to push privatization. It is part of opening the door to private equity which has wrecked havoc in the west and now that it has sucked the imperial core dry it is looking for new colonial markets in Africa.
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