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I Often Wonder Why The West Is Much More Interested In Aid Deliveries Than In Fair Trade, For Example. The Fair Exchange Of Goods Would Place Far More Money Into The Hands Of The Affected People Than Relief Operations.

In Rwanda, We Have A Society That Has Experienced A Very Serious Rupture And You Can't Expect All Of A Sudden That Things Will Be Perfect. Even So: You Cannot Find Any More Areas Where Any Segment Of The Population Would Be Afraid To Go, Like We Used To Have Before. But There Is Always A Lot More To Do.

Aid Makes Itself Superfluous If It Is Working Well. Good Aid Takes Care To Provide Functioning Structures And Good Training That Enables The Recipient Country To Later Get By Without Foreign Aid. Otherwise, It Is Bad Aid.

It Is The Population Which Decides When It's Time For A Leader To Leave, Not Foreign Powers.

Strong Economic Growth, And Especially A Significant Increase In Private Sector Investment, Is The Only Sustainable Path Forward For Rwanda.