There’s nothing like a picture of a malnourished child from sub-Saharan Africa to turn our stomachs around, makes us pity their situation for a matter of 5 to 7 minutes, at most, and then flip to the next stumble upon page to make us feel better again. Around 5% of us will actually take the time to donate 2 $ for some cause that deals with such problems. But beyond that, what do we actually do? Pretty much nothing that’s what. There are all kinds of state set up agencies and programs, in all of Europe and at EU level, but most citizens never even take the time to fully understand the situation, let along get involved.
So here’s somebody’s “two cents” on matter. Somebody who understands the situation and, more importantly, actually offers a solution. Not the solution, you could argue, but it’s a start, right?Paul Collier @TED is a short but insightfull talk by the Oxford professor, that should put us on the right track. And if the TED leaves you with more questions than answers post them here and you’ll get an answer during a videoconference with the professor, on November the 4th.
