Does Development Aid Help Poor Countries to Develop? A Critical Analysis of Africa’s Situation

Authors

  • Matthews Tiwaone Mkandawire PhD Student, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
  • Abell Ephraim Kayembe PhD Student, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
  • Brown Katombosola PhD Student, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China

Keywords:

neo-colonialism, dependency, development, historical, political, education.

Abstract

This paper examines the illusion of relying on development aid by least developed countries in their development agenda. The paper makes a theoretical analysis of aid by utilising a fusion of Dependency Theories and the Chinese dirge “give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime”. Using the historical, political, economic and capacity building contexts in Malawi as a proxy, the paper contends that development aid is not doing aid enough to development but that it could be perceived just as another masked trap to neo-colonialism. The paper hence recommends that developing countries together with partners of good will should help break this chain of neo-colonialism so that the end of the tunnel, meaningful development possible.

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2016-10-31

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Mkandawire, M. T., Kayembe, A. E., & Katombosola, B. (2016). Does Development Aid Help Poor Countries to Develop? A Critical Analysis of Africa’s Situation. American Scientific Research Journal for Engineering, Technology, and Sciences, 26(2), 53–66. Retrieved from https://asrjetsjournal.org/index.php/American_Scientific_Journal/article/view/2028

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