tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post2842471789083228838..comments2024-03-20T16:27:56.522+00:00Comments on Norfolk Blogger: What Gordon Brown proposes, the World Bank opposesNich Starlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04237390959601973501noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post-12212782296185774152007-01-05T10:16:00.000+00:002007-01-05T10:16:00.000+00:00I think the IMF and World Bank are probably correc...I think the IMF and World Bank are probably correct.<br /><br />Education is expensive to provide, we can't provide for other countries (that gets too close to a form of educational imperialism) and any money would end up in the coffers of the corrupt.<br /><br />If we really want to help combat extremism we should be engaging in free trade, encouraging others to and raising people out of poverty in the only way which really works.<br /><br />It is also not the government's place to be doing this. Charity should not be forced from us but given freely and the government would only mess it up anyway (just look at our state sector - its failing for the most part - despite the valiant efforts of teachers).<br /><br />Education is vital, but we cannot just solve the problems with grand gestures like this. We must allow free trade, allow immigration to the west from these countries - immigrants will take skills back with them. We must support investment in those countries - the so called sweatshops increase the educational level of their employees massively - probably more than any grand gesture by the government ever will.<br /><br />Simplistic grand gestures made for political reasons at home will not solve the problems of this world (unfortunately - if they did then we'd have a wonderful world to live in).Tristanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15395992764678278326noreply@blogger.com