Alain <ele### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> Warp nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2007/11/24 09:38:
> > alphaQuad <alp### [at] earthlinknet> wrote:
> >> According to World Bank estimates, $54 billion a year would eliminate starvation
> >> and malnutrition globally by 2015

> Build schools, hospitals and dispensaries. Plant fields. Build water treatment 
> plans. Help building industries. Help improve railways and roads. Bring 
> electricity to comunities.

  Doing that to all areas in Africa (and other parts of the world with
similar problems) which need help would probably require a lot more than
54 billions a year, especially taking into account how many years it takes
to build a civilization which can support itself.

  I have hard time believing that 54 billions a year would eliminate
starvation (on a permanent basis) globally by 2015. Temporarily perhaps,
but if the 54 billions/year is cut right after 2015, I'm quite certain
that the same problems would reappear in a few years again.

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                                                          - Warp

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