Macro managing.Micro credit and other community-based projects play a role in alleviating poverty and suffering ("Tilting at Windmills," by Charles Peters, December 2006). They are not, however, long-term solutions. After a stint in the Peace Corps and more than forty years in Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. and Africa, I would recommend the use of foreign aid to establish and strengthen universities throughout the developing world. That would accelerate the production of local scientists, businessmen, teachers, politicians, and scholars who could lead and manage the development process. The World Bank, USAID USAID United States Agency for International Development USAID Agencia de los Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional (Spanish) , and other donor agencies have failed to make this type of investment. Until human resource development becomes the focus of foreign aid, its major beneficiaries will remain foreign aid entrepreneurs and bureaucrats based in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Europe. DR. RONALD RONALD Rocketborne Optical Neutral gas Analyzer with Laser Diodes A. SCHWARZ Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Colombia One, 1961-63 |
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