tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229878121183426722.post744691759639891285..comments2023-10-08T12:27:04.050+03:00Comments on HIV in Kenya: Gates Wants to do for International Development what he did for SoftwareSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13522180315970081603noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229878121183426722.post-40967111313257643782011-06-06T19:43:23.059+03:002011-06-06T19:43:23.059+03:00Hi Claire
Thanks for your comments. Perhaps I shou...Hi Claire<br />Thanks for your comments. Perhaps I should do a 'Constant Gardener' on it. Yes, Gates doesn't believe in consulting potential recipients of aid or even those who suffer the most from underdevelopment. He believes in getting some handy anecdotes and paying some already well-off Africans (or just non-Americans) to front some of his Foundation's work. Maybe money corrupts, maybe not always, I don't know. But I've yet to see a development that doesn't require money!Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13522180315970081603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229878121183426722.post-25214205801890499522011-06-05T14:04:35.554+03:002011-06-05T14:04:35.554+03:00Interesting. What's happening is like a well-w...Interesting. What's happening is like a well-written novel where the characters inevitably lead themselves to their own downfall - Gates controls aid because he has made vast amounts of money, but he got that money through processes that don't have analogies in making good development, and technological moneymaking is all he knows how to do. We need to hit upon the right kind of people to give all that money to. I suspect the people who understand how development occurs/might occur are people who come from the countries that need to develop, who enjoy complexity and human nature, people who don't naturally seek to reduce problems to one simple solution, but relish the understanding of all aspects of a developing society and its people, and continue to want to understand it while development occurs and into the future. Not people who want to design a few silver bullets (unfortunately, scientific minds like my own sometimes have a tendency for such reductionism, but scientists are not all like that), and once they have been fired, retreat with a huge sense of relief that it is all over, and no need to worry any more, just sit back and listen to the good news rolling in.<br />So we need more caring local believers in complexity, but does money just corrupt anyway?Clairenoreply@blogger.com