Name: Aid versus trade
Uploaded: 2007-07-31T10:55:00Z
Duration: 21 min 56 s
Description: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the former finance minister of Nigeria, sums up four days of intense discussion on aid versus trade on the closing day of TEDGlobal 2007, and shares a personal story explaining her own commitment to this cause.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the former finance minister of Nigeria, sums up four days of intense discussion on aid versus trade on the closing day of TEDGlobal 2007, and shares a personal story explaining her own commitment to this cause.

Aid versus trade

Economist, international development expert

Sustained growth and rising private investment in Africa create a rare platform for progress, but old debates about aid versus trade miss the bigger picture. A personal story of carrying a dying sister 10 kilometers for medical help highlights the life-or-death impact of effective aid. The real challenge is to unite governments, private sector, and citizens to channel resources into jobs, infrastructure, and women’s economic power. Only by coordinating these forces can Africa build a future that moves beyond crisis to opportunity.

Aid Alone Won’t Transform Africa—Partnership and Infrastructure Will

economics

entrepreneur

global issues

health care