"For too long, Africans and their partners in the West have looked to international aid as the answer to the poverty and economic challenges confronting developing countries such as Uganda. While well-intentioned, this over-emphasis on aid has actually handicapped Africa by promoting a dependency mentality and the impression that African countries could not compete in the global economy. By itself, aid cannot transform societies. Only trade can foster the sustained economic growth necessary for such a transformation. If somebody buys what Uganda produces, then he is rendering my country the best assistance possible, especially if the trade is in manufactured or processed goods, which tend to employ more people, at higher levels of skill, and which have subsidiary benefits throughout the economy." [Link for WSJ subscribers] [Link for non-subscribers]