@calestous That kind of construction work should be assigned to an agency similar to the US Peace Corps. That's what Africa should have.
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@MauriceJOduor The US Peace Corps doesn't build infrastructure. Did you mean the Army Corps of Engineers? -
@calestous The John Kennedy Peace Corps of the 1960s did everything. I had Peace Corp teachers at Secondary school. -
@MauriceJOduor So you want foreign volunteers to come build things for you? -
@calestous No. I want Africa to set up its own Peace Corps -
@MauriceJOduor The US Peace Corps are for international deployment so you need a different model. -
@calestous The same tasks that PCs used to perform. -
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@calestous it depends Prof, the Rwanda model is grounded in dictatorship. Why not fire up private sector to deliver and expand opportunities -
@wilson_ugangu It is not a substitute but a complement. Rwanda model is grounded in necessity, not dictatorship
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@calestous@joenzabamwita political context? consider Pres Sal's political philosophy & impact on public leadership &stewardship of military
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@calestous Moderate socialism, is this what you mean? -
@alyhdi The US Army Corps of Engineers is not a socialist organization. -
@calestous But I believe it is widely embraced around the world. -
@alyhdi@calestous I found Ha-Joon Chung good on false dichotomy capitalist/command economy US Army, NASA, Apple shards of latter in former -
@dosima_org@calestous phenomenal advantage...for some -
@alyhdi@calestous don't need a conspiracy theory like I said, it's a false dichotomy sense of markets & power is very distorted by history -
@alyhdi@calestous Charles Darwin and Adam Smith competition in evolution/markets both were seriously distorted by politics, empire, power -
@alyhdi@calestous useful new book about forgotten human morality insights of Adam Smith (note review in the FT)http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/25389abe-70a2-11e4-9129-00144feabdc0.html … - 3 more replies
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@calestous yes they should! I successfully engaged both army and NYS to rehabilitate dykes during my tenure in water .Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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