En af grundene til, at vi drøfter dette spørgsmål her i aften er, at der er en international konference i Paris sidst på måneden, en afgørende mulighed for at gøre fremskridt i spørgsmålet om nye finansieringskilder for udvikling.
Economists like the American Jeremy Sachs admit that development assistance to Africa to date has been peanuts when measured against the scale of infrastructure investment that is required.