I once heard Dambisa Moyo,who has been critical of aid,point out that one big reason you see these bad domestic economic policies across the continent is that with too many African gov'ts being dependent on foreign aid money they have no incentives to adopt better economic policies that will help to develop the private sector in their country. So maybe some changes in how aid money is given out could lead to African gov'ts adopting better economic policies for their countries.
