From: Ramez Naam (mez@apexnano.com)
Date: Fri Jun 20 2003 - 00:14:26 MDT
From: Dehede011@aol.com [mailto:Dehede011@aol.com]
> If we pour money into the countries without a decent
> legal system then I suppose our money goes down that well
> known rat hole.
> So we are caught between a rock and a hard place.
> Unless the legal system changes the people can't help
> themselves, but they are capable of doing
> so otherwise, nor can we effectively help them.
Why not bribe the politicians of developing countries to establish the
rule of law and clamp down on corruption?
Call them "Economic Leadership Grants". Given them both to countries
that establish reasonable rule of law and reduce corruption, and also
to individual politicos and bureaucrats in those counties that drive
progress.
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