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Archive - Jan 24, 2007Submitted by Guest Contributor on January 24, 2007 - 3:04pm.
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Submitted by Jeffrey Sachs on January 24, 2007 - 8:17am.
The scenario has become painfully familiar. A war ends. An international donors’ conference is called. Pledges of billions of dollars are announced. But actual reconstruction and recovery is delayed, perhaps for years. Crony businesses from the US and Europe, which are utterly unfamiliar with local conditions, squander time, aid funds, and opportunities. Recriminations fly, the occupying army remains, and a new insurgency spreads.
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