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"en.20121023.45.2-567-000"2
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"A few years ago I ran some workshops for young African politicians on creating prosperity in Africa. They wanted: 1. an end to EU protectionism, which harms farmers and African entrepreneurs exporting to the EU; 2. to stop EU Member States’ support of corrupt regimes; and 3. aid for short-term disaster relief, although they were suspicious of long term development aid. Some were even against foreign aid altogether – especially direct budgetary support – since they felt it helped to keep corrupt governments in power. They suggested that any aid should focus on: 1. helping farmers to meet EU sanitary and phytosanitary standards; 2. building infrastructure which the private sector cannot finance; 3. developing robust legal systems, e.g. legal advice, training for lawyers and judges, legal staff, court recorders, documentation, etc.; 4. drawing up land & property registers, allowing citizens to register property and raise capital; 5. creating a system of mortgage finance to create property-owning democracies; 6. lending capital to entrepreneurs who are unable to access larger banks; 7. improving tax collection and government revenue systems to reduce reliance on import tariffs; and 8. training local politicians and civil servants for trade negotiations. We can learn a lot from them."@en1
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