African Development

Well, we think that Africa can't get their act together. But some countries have. According to Jeffrey Sachs (!!!) international donors should jointly assist development efforts of countries such as Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, Tanzania and Uganda, who have sound development and poverty alleviation plans. In Doing the Sums on Africa (Economist.com) Sachs says that a growing number of African countries has the quality of leadership and governance to achieve economic development but they lack the means. These countries lack the roads, electricity, health care and teachers needed to break out of poverty. All that is needed is $9 bill per year – far less what was targeted for Iraq.
P.S. I know this is Africa not Eastern Europe, but this is Jeffrey Sachs!