CACOR Live | David Stocks | Why do poor countries stay poor? The solution is simple but faces strong resistance

 

Through work in Rotary, David became familiar with Malawi – a poor country in southern Africa.  The Malawian people are just as intelligent and hard-working as Canadians.  The country is beautiful and rich in many ways. However, Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world.  Why?

By studying this question, David has learned how the accounting system for international trade has trapped poor countries in poverty by legal methods of lying, cheating, and immoral greed.

Biography:

David graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in Electrical Engineering. His career included service with the Army, IBM, several small businesses, and two large consulting companies.

David facilitates the development of long-term strategies for client organizations, including approaches for changing an organization from its current condition to its desired condition. He builds informed consensus in teams of people who are striving to achieve worthwhile outcomes.

Resources:

RESEARCH LEADERS

These organizations prove the need for ACTION:

• Global Financial Integrity Project: http://www.gfintegrity.org/
• Transparency International: https://www.transparency.org/
• Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption: http://gopacnetwork.org/
• Caux Round Table for Moral Capitalism: http://www.cauxroundtable.org/

VIDEOS

• The Price We Pay. This 90-minute video is on Amazon.  You will enjoy the 3-minute trailer on You Tube, which ends with the best statement ever made by any politician anywhere!  See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqoo4n7fnkU
• Mallence Bart-Williams, from Sierra Leone, made a TEDx presentation a few years ago. Among other things, she condemns some famous aid organizations for perpetuating the myth that Africa is poor.  See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfnruW7yERA
• Transparency International produced a 2-minute video that explains their Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2018. See https://www.transparency.org/cpi2018

BOOKS

• Raymond Baker, Capitalism’s Achilles Heel, ISBN # 13: 978-1119086611.  This is an excellent introduction.
• Dambisa Moyo, Dead Aid, ISBN # 13:978-0-374-13956-8. Foreign aid funds corruption and reduces the need for governments to create taxable economies.
• Roy Cullen, The Poverty of Corrupt Nations, ISBN # 978-0-9781600-9-8. Reduce the supply of corruption and the demand for it.  Roy is a leader in GOPAC.
• Carol Off, Bitter Chocolate, ISBN 9780679313199 The dark side of the chocolate trade is almost enough to remove the enjoyment of chocolate.

APU – A HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS IN MALAWI

Please see:   https://www.malawigirlsonthemove.com

A recent report from APU’s Executive Director, Memory Mdyetseni, included the following:

“APU has become more than a school; it is now a source of employment, dignity, and hope… making APU a home and a beacon for many Malawians.

Your generosity has brought smiles to countless faces. You have built opportunities, hope, and a brighter future for girls and families across Malawi. The school you helped build is still growing, still bearing fruit, and still changing lives every single day.

Thank you for believing in us, for walking this journey with us, and for making dreams possible. Together, we are shaping the future of Malawi one girl, one family, one community at a time.”

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