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To: LindyBill who wrote (24768)	1/18/2004 6:46:43 PM
From: Dayuhan	Respond to of 793708

If Africans are to have a chance of pulling themselves out of penury, they need governments that do not stand in their way. They need leaders who uphold the law impartially, but otherwise let people do what they wish. This could be said of much of the developing world. The problem is that if the leaders in these countries upheld the law impartially they would have to put themselves in jail, and they aren’t likely to do that. The governing elites in many of these countries have operated outside the law for so long that their ability to maintain their economic and political dominance – and in many cases, their own survival – depends on the continuation of this prerogative. They know that their countries will never progress as long as those who govern remain outside the rule of law, but they are not willing to subordinate their own interests to those of the nation. Bit of a quandary. They need governments that pass sensible budgets and stick to them. A need that's hardly limited to Africa...