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IPN Opinion article

June 25, 2002
Instead of politicians grabbing all the energies of Kenyans, it would be better to focus on issues that can make Kenyans productive. Free the economy of Kenya to achieve growth.

IPN Opinion article

June 23, 2002
Many creative entrepreneurs in Kenya are normally taxed out of business; others are scared on their tracks. Wouldn't it be prudent then that the policy makers focus more on what stops Kenyans from being productive as opposed to punishing them for consuming and limiting their freedom to choose?

IPN Opinion article

June 21, 2002
Described as a [lone] voice in the wilderness, Lord Bauer wrote books which challenged the myth that poverty is self-perpetuating and demonstrated that Third World countries are not immune to wealth accumulation.

IPN Opinion article

June 18, 2002
. The Kenyan individual will be said to be economically free if his/her wealth accumulation is not through political rent seeking, force, fraud or theft and is protected from the physical invasion by others. Without putting in place policies that release Kenya's creative energies, the prospects of economic growth are slim.

IPN Opinion article

June 17, 2002
"This 6th global economic freedom report, by James Gwartney and Robert Lawson, ranks 123 nations on 37 variables with data back to 1970. Economic freedom is based on personal choice, voluntary exchange, freedom to compete, and protection of the person and property. This requires the rule of law, property rights, limited government intervention, freedom to trade, and sound money."

IPN Opinion article

May 29, 2002
"Uganda is beginning to wonder whether too much aid might actually damage its economy."

IPN Opinion article

May 28, 2002
"Much of the press commentary and policy discussion assumes that Argentina desperately needs outside funding and that such funds would have a substantially favorable effect on the outlook for the Argentine economy. I disagree. I can see no way in which an IMF loan of $10 billion -- the amount that is widely mooted -- would help Argentina deal with its fundamental problems or its short-term crisis."

IPN Opinion article

May 27, 2002
"Kenyans give birth to already indebted children. Stalled projects right from buildings at universities, roads and government vehicles now dot our landscape. Over-reliance on aid has led government policies not to address national needs - but the needs of donor agencies."

IPN Opinion article

May 27, 2002
"Kenyans give birth to already indebted children. Stalled projects right from buildings at universities, roads and government vehicles now dot our landscape. Over-reliance on aid has led government policies not to address national needs - but the needs of donor agencies. "

IPN Opinion article

May 24, 2002
"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]