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People living in the West like to think that money can solve any problem. Ironically, poverty in the poorest countries cannot be alleviated that simply. Bad government and corruption are two of the primary causes of poverty. No matter how much rich nations donate to poor ones, poverty will continue until bad government and corruption cease.
In a seemingly farsighted attempt to copy Western success, 40 African leaders met in Lusaka, Zambia, in early July to replace the Organization of African Unity (OAU), founded in 1963, with the new African Union (AU), modeled on the European Union (EU).
More than 25 years ago some African political leaders formed the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to create a common market in West Africa that would replicate the success of the European Common Market (now the EU) in the region. More than a quarter of a century later it is difficult to point to any accomplishment of ECOWAS. The people are no better off, and in many cases they are in greater poverty now than they were in 1975. The only likely accomplishment of the new AU will be the creation of thousands of new jobs—in the bureaucracy that will run the new organization!
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