Rejecting Paternalism in Africa?

A central aspect of President Bush's trip to Africa is the promotion of neoliberal trade policies and foreign direct investment as a path to "empowerment" and a "culture of self-reliance and opportunity." The president has explicitly rejected "the paternalistic notion that treats African countries as charity cases, or a model of exploitation that seeks only to buy up their resources."

But will the impact of his view of trade and investment on workers in Africa truly end this paternalism?

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