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Is Africa Better off Without Help from the West?

Episode 3 of 4

Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his guests explore whether aid from the west is actually doing more harm than good in Africa.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu brings together Africa's leading contemporary thinkers in a series of discussions exploring major issues and changes affecting the future of the continent.

The Archbishop and his guests - Unity Dow, Jonathan Clayton, Mohau Pheko and Mark Gevisser - explore whether aid from the west is actually doing more harm than good in Africa. Does the aid relationship between the west and Africa sustain the idea of Africans as powerless to change things themselves? Is foreign aid propping up corrupt or failing governments by making them unaccountable to their people? And are there alternative models of assistance that could actually be of more benefit?

30 minutes

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Role Contributor
Presenter Desmond Tutu
Producer Elizabeth Byrne
Executive Producer John O'Kane

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