Eli5 Why is there still a famine in Africa despite the fact that they have been receiving foreign aid for decades?
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The thread title bothers me so much. Africa is huge, made up of more than 50 countries. It’s like if someone read about the Flint water crisis in Michigan and then made a topic with the title ‘Why does America suffer from lead poisoning when it’s so rich?’
Your question is painfully ethnocentric, as I will illustrate:
Let’s reverse your question. I presume the country in which you reside does not receive “foreign aid.” If so, why then is famine not rampant where you live?
Whatever conditions prevent famine in your country (fertile land, water and irrigation, reliable and efficient transport infrastructure, political stability, etc.) do not exist where famine prevails, regardless of the measure of foreign aid provided.
The thread title bothers me so much. Africa is huge, made up of more than 50 countries. It’s like if someone read about the Flint water crisis in Michigan and then made a topic with the title ‘Why does America suffer from lead poisoning when it’s so rich?’
The thread title bothers me so much. Africa is huge, made up of more than 50 countries. It’s like if someone read about the Flint water crisis in Michigan and then made a topic with the title ‘Why does America suffer from lead poisoning when it’s so rich?’
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