Aid to Africa Debate: Q & A, part 3 (10 of 14)

The motion: "Aid to Africa is doing more harm than good"

Moderator: Brian Lehrer
Speaking for the motion: George Ayittey, William Easterly and David Rieff
Speaking against the motion: C. Payne Lucas, John McArthur and Gayle Smith

IQ2US marks the launch of Oxford-style debating -- one motion, one moderator, three advocates for the motion, three against -- in New York City. Each evening begins at 6:00P with a complimentary cocktail period. As you enter the theater before the debate starts at 6:45P, you cast your vote for or against the evening's motion. Those results are displayed midway through the debate as each side makes its statements. After all six panelists speak, the audience has a chance to ask the speakers questions and vote again. The debate finishes with brief summations from the panelists, the votes are tallied and a winning side is declared.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• intelligence
• squared
• u.s.
• iq2
• debate
• africa
• foreign
• aid
• development
• corruption
• poverty

[donbyro1]

Aids to africa === terrorism.

Africa doesn't need your help.

Just do the right thing

Don't sell weapons to african governments

Time would come when all truth would be known

The truth cantt be hidden

[jemahika]

Thank you so much Ayttey, the truth makes you some how emotional,... thus you are doing well but try to reduce your emotions... the rest you are the best speaker and truth revealer... I love you Professor!!!

[comsv4]

I thanks you people for doing such a debate. Thanks alot!!!

[comsv4]

The days when everybody in the world will like to be a son or daughter of my mother Africa is very close. The divinely cropped leaders will rise up very soon! Long life my Mother Africa; it is high time we made your name proud-we promise!!!

[comsv4]

I felt bad all the time because the name of my dear mother Africa who is well blessed is being mocked and tarnished by people that are depending on her resources,but what soothes me is that God is cropping new leaders in Africa who are gonna put everything in the right order.

[comsv4]

It is high time westerners should stop exploiting our richly blessed continent Africa! Whenever they talk about aid, they are targeting another thing to take from Africa. It is high time our leaders should have insight seeing what others cannot see if they really wanna see Africa stand indepedent of this mess.Almost almost all the natural things that sustain world are from Africa. We can exist independently without aid because what makes a rich heritage is resources,not dollar,Pounds and Euro.

[comsv4]

How can you say that a continent of abudant resources is poor while they do come to Africa and steal our resources through our stupid and blind leaders, and build their countries. Could someone tell me what happened to Gold in Ghana? Thieves stole it to build their country in the name that they wanna help Ghana.What about Nigeria oil sector? thieves are now thiefing the oil in the name of offering aid to Nigeria to develop their oil.

[comsv4]

the problem is that our leaders are rotten. They do not have insight to see tomorrow; they are so interested in dancing in the cirlce of today while that of tommorrow is not well planned for, and moreover their being selfish is often used by conspicous thieves to rob Africans of their resources in the name of "Africa is poor, and need aid".

[comsv4]

Good video! That's great video becuase it is quite educative,but everything is not discussed in this video which I wanna point to. In Africa, we don't need aid;