The African Executive | Articles by James Shikwati. The African Executive | About Us. MAHASLAZ MAGAZINE | Category Archive | GET INFORMED. AfricaCan End Poverty. It's a place of darkness. People are poor and hail from tribes and clans. They live in basic shelters in remote villages, with no running water or electricity, and no access to clinics. Subsisting on seasonal work, hunting and fishing to stock up food for the lean months, they worship nature's beauty. They consider themselves hardy, descendants of those who suffered war, famine, and religious persecution. They resent that their part of the earth gets attention only through the prism of movies or when natural or manmade disasters strike. Then oil is found and they are blessed. Nope, this isn't one of the many countries we all associate with poverty. In 1975 the Alaska legislature asked itself: Was it morally acceptable or ethical for the generation whose presence in Alaska coincided with the oil boom to get all the benefits, leaving the following generations to deal with the decline and fall?
Alaska set up the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (APF). Abagond | 500 words a day on whatever I want. Abagond | 500 words a day on whatever I want. Global Development. NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly. ... My heart’s in Accra | Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003.