AFRO-NETS> Attacking Poverty (2)

["Dr. Swai" <afrolink@cats-net.com>]

Attacking Poverty (2)
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I liked your definition and good examples on poverty.

The definition(s) of poverty have always come from the rich, from those 
known as the poor there is little or no documented definition. If 
"poor" and the rich were to defined themselves and their vice, we might 
end up with a better notion of poverty. A definition is critical to 
solving the underlying problem, the struggle and ethics of equitable 
distribution of wealth between the rich against the poor and vice 
versa. 

Assistance, support or AID to the poor is a cosmetic response of the 
rich on the peoples called the poor. To my experience there has been 
little attempt to establish baseline indicators, and actual evaluation 
of outcome or benefits from the costly (billions dollars) interventions 
that have been designed to assist the poor people by donors. The style 
of AID has been stereotyped, to the extent of blaming the Poor of poor 
participation, planing and management. We know the rich have developed  
well refined methodologies of measuring benefits, but there is little 
evidence of their use or reporting by donor agents to their lay commu-
nity, even under the respected UN agencies. Many poor have heard but 
not seen the thing called AID.

Among the rich there is a growing school of enlighten who think and act 
for the benefit of all humans, equity and for positive qualitative and 
quantitative development of the poor. 

Among the poor.
Regards,

Dr. Swai
Tanzania
mailto:afrolink@cats-net.com

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