Comments on: Trouble in the village? http://brasstacks.org.uk/africa/blog/2007/08/19/trouble-in-the-village/ Going beyond the white band Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:25:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Jürgen Nagler http://brasstacks.org.uk/africa/blog/2007/08/19/trouble-in-the-village/#comment-5315 Jürgen Nagler Mon, 20 Aug 2007 08:48:37 +0000 http://brasstacks.org.uk/africa/blog/2007/08/19/trouble-in-the-village/#comment-5315 Many thanks for this well-balanced and extensive blog post! I have been following Sachs closely being inspired by his great "End of Poverty". Working with a development project in Mali I learned how thin the line is between doing something good and creating an aid dependency. I learned the hard way that a project can only be sustainable when it's driven by locals. All the best with your blog, thanks, Juergen Many thanks for this well-balanced and extensive blog post! I have been following Sachs closely being inspired by his great “End of Poverty”.

Working with a development project in Mali I learned how thin the line is between doing something good and creating an aid dependency. I learned the hard way that a project can only be sustainable when it’s driven by locals.

All the best with your blog, thanks,
Juergen

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