30/07/2005
Yesterday evening I listened to a talk given by Franklin Cudjoe, the Director of a Ghanaian thnk-tank,
Imani and one of the most articulate opponents of the âMake Poverty Historyâ brigade. He has expressed forceful and well-substantiated
opinions about ârock-star economicsâ, which this
blog has written about.
In his talk he referred to the oft-repeated assertion by Bono, Bob Geldof, Kate Moss and all the other brainless luvvies who clicked their fingers vapidly in front of the cameras, that a child dies in Africa every three seconds.
Well, thatâs interesting, said Franklin to Geldof at some meeting, but do you realize that $4,700 gets stolen by African governments every second?
Click, click, click.