There's a story about philanthropy in Africa that I often think about. Mosquito nets were given to a village to help them deal with diseases borne by mosquitoes. But then the local fish population dropped rapidly. This was a huge problem, as fish was a large part of their diet.
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I'm not sure how true this is, but I recall a friend telling me that this is what got the bans on DDT started: Africans misusing them and creating hyper-immune pests or something. Iirc this was specifically in former French colonies.
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so afaik the only people blowing cash from USAID progs are govt officials, at peasant level they either get DDT that yr or they don't. if they're getting cash it's insignificant as total % of aid. US prefers all materiel/no cash but govts can refuse if no poss of bribes/graft
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The aid wasn't in the form of cash in the story - in the story the aid was in fertilizer and consulting on how to use it - the cash was from increased yield If you go through this with an Asian peasant the next year he'll ... buy fertilizer with the extra returns - not in Africa
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