Give the African citizen two things - free enterprise and private property. Give them that and poverty will start to go away. There are millions who want to be entrepreneurs, gain self-sufficiency and make money.
In the summer of 2002, eco-fascists met in South Africa to push the UN’s “Sustainable Development,” more commonly known as global property theft. While eating imported bacon and eggs, steak, lobster and champagne in front of starving African children, Third World citizens had an Alka Seltzer moment.
Third World citizens pounded the table and issued their Declaration of Independence. The first sentence is: “We are people, too.” They demanded self-determination, free enterprise, clean drinking water and plentiful food that American ideas and technology can give them.
I think this reflects the inherent racism of the left. They act as though the poor African were a pet, something less than human and therefore incapable of property ownership, entrepreneurship and, least of all, being free. It's kind of like the Democrat attitude toward America's inner-city dwellers. Gotta keep 'em dependent on government, whether the U.S. Congress or the U.N.