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thirdworldcitizen: Perspectives: Why has Africa grown slowly? : Paul Collier (1999) clearly stated his arguments and explanations why Continental Africa is lagging behind in terms of development and...

Paul Collier (1999) clearly stated his arguments and explanations why Continental Africa is lagging behind in terms of development and growth unlike other regions of the world. Africa’s slow growth was explained by grouping the perceived causes into two-by-two matrix separating on one hand policy and “destiny” factors and on the other external and domestic. Furthermore, he comes to his conclusion by saying that reforms, especially in areas of domestic policy dealing with service delivery needs to be intensified while finally stating that freedom will be helpful in strengthening democracy which will likely support economic reform.   Although extensive and valid explanations were given by the author, it is quite hard not to separate the author from the institution he is working for when he published the article. He was working as a director of development research with the World Bank, thus making it hard for readers to rule out institutional bias since he barely made reference to

thirdworldcitizen: CAUSES OF VIOLENT CONFLICT, ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES... : Articles reviewed. Kelman, HC.  2008.   A social-psychological approach to conflict analysis and resolution. In D. Sandole, S. Byr...

thirdworldcitizen: Analysis of London conference on Somalia : This particular conference was symbolically successful from the beginning in many aspects. It was the largest so far by attendance, not ...

thirdworldcitizen: Understanding limits and capacities of NGO’s as ma... : Articles reviewed Chigas, D. (2007). “Capacities and Limits of NGOs as Conflict Managers,” in Crocker, Hampson, and Aall, eds. , Leashing...

thirdworldcitizen: State ineffectiveness in DRC : Rotberg (2003), explained what “failed states” mean, and he simply explained  it as a state that cannot provide positive political g...

thirdworldcitizen: Monkeys in Space, Time machine, and every other th... : There is something quite interesting to do with Mars and nothing to do with Mars at the same time. Well, let me just say Mars is now the ce...

thirdworldcitizen: Tale of "undiscovered" Africa, savannah, safari a... : Let me paraphrase one of the famous quotes by an individual whose name I do not recall, it goes something like this "There is not...

thirdworldcitizen: The tale of garbage and radioactive crime fighting... : Nairobi South seems to have been forgotten by the Nairobi City Council, or worse they have no idea it exists. I am specifically referr...

thirdworldcitizen: CAUSES OF VIOLENT CONFLICT, ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES... : Articles reviewed. Kelman, HC.  2008.   A social-psychological approach to conflict analysis and resolution. In D. Sandole, S. Byr...

thirdworldcitizen: Analysis of London conference on Somalia : This particular conference was symbolically successful from the beginning in many aspects. It was the largest so far by attendance, not ...

thirdworldcitizen: Understanding limits and capacities of NGO’s as ma... : Articles reviewed Chigas, D. (2007). “Capacities and Limits of NGOs as Conflict Managers,” in Crocker, Hampson, and Aall, eds. , Leashing...

thirdworldcitizen: Homophobia and Third World problems : Forget high child mortality, high inflation, bad roads/infrastructure, poor health care facilities, jigger problems, food insecurity and p...

Rotberg (2003), explained what “failed states” mean, and he simply explained  it as a state that cannot provide positive political goods and services for its citizen and these political goods are obligations and expectations that entails political culture and social contract. Security is the most important political good, and its absence indicates state failure. State failure in DRC has been identified as one of its features since its establishment in 1885 as a modern state, from the time it was Congo Free State under Belgian King Leopold II to present day DRC under Kabila. Ineffectiveness of the structures of the state and the violence inflicted upon the people of DRC dates back to colonial period under the brutal rule of King Leopold II. King Leopold set foundation for the horrors that haunts modern day DRC, the country was used as an extraction field where mass violence and human rights violations was taken as an appropriate measure against the natives. According to Ntalaja