The Affiliated Network for Social Accountability in Africa (ANSA-Africa) and Idasa will be hosting a seminar on the 23^rd September, 2009 entitled “Alternative Policies to Address Poverty and Inequality in Africa”.

The key note speaker will be Dr Dambisa Moyo, author of the book “Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is a Better Way for Africa”. In her book she argues that aid does not work and is actually detrimental to Africa’s economic development. In her opinion, business and trade are better than aid dependency. Dr Dambisa posits alternative strategies for Africa’s economic development that governments, multinationals and bi-laterals should adopt to ensure thriving economies instead of aid.

For more information and/or to RSVP please RSVP by 18^th September to Mr Akeel Hajat by

email: ahajat@idasa.org.za or
telephone: 012 392 0552 / 072 885 1397.

Please note limited space is available.