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April 19, 2012

How Malawi Fed Its Own People

Jeffrey Sachs, New York Times

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Until his final two years, Mutharika had actually engineered an agriculture-led boom in Malawi, one that pointed a way for Africa to overcome its chronic hunger, food insecurity, and periodic extreme famines. To accomplish this, Mutharika had to stand bravely against the arrogance of an ill-informed foreign aid community back in 2005.

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TAGGED: Africa, Malawi, Bingu wa Mutharika

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