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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-04-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110406.34.3-577-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-04-06-Speech-3-578-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Philip Claeys2
lpv:spokenAs	member; NA (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3,3 member; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3,3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3,3 unknown; Vlaams Belang (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3,3 substitute; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the forthcoming UN summit on the least developed countries is a good opportunity for a debate on whether development aid makes sense or if it is, in fact, nonsensical. The aid quantity argument, as it is generally known – that is, the proposition that the more aid you grant, the more economic development there will be – has been totally discredited. I would like to use my speaking time to quote what the Kenyan economist James Shikwati said to on 7 April 2005. Quote: ‘Development aid serves to keep large bureaucracies in place, encourages corruption and complacency and teaches Africans to beg, rather than be independent’, unquote. In addition, development aid weakens the local markets and it causes the spirit of enterprise, the very spirit that we so badly need, to evaporate. Regardless of how absurd it may sound, development aid is one of the causes of Africa’s problems. If the west stopped these payments, normal Africans would not even notice. It is only government officials who would be hard hit. So, instead of us handing out more money, what is needed is less corruption, more entrepreneurship and more self-reliance."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Der Spiegel online"1 "The speaker agreed to take a blue card question under Rule 149(8))"1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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