What is Development?
David Livingstone spoke of ‘Christianity, commerce and civilization’, yet what do we mean by the term “Civilization”?
Does Aid to the Third World Ever Work?
Good intentions are not enough.
When Forwards Means Backwards
As a foreigner living in Zambia it’s not too difficult to stand back and have a somewhat detached view of the country and the processes taking place in it. As an Irishman, it’s not too difficult to recognise some of them.
God’s Fire
We can learn a lot from the lepers of Mangango mission.
Aids in Zambia
In Zambia every district hospital in the country admits perhaps three or four new cases a week.
Am I My Brother’s Keeper? Yes, You Are.
The solution to the problems of refugees may be found within Africa itself.
When Elephants Fight, it’s the Grass that Suffers
There are 8 million refugees in the world, 5 million of them in Africa. Of these, 135,000 are in Zambia. They’ve come from Angola and Mozambique for the most part, with smaller groups from Uganda, Namibia, Zaire and South Africa.
Property in Ireland in the Nineteenth Century
In nineteenth century Ireland there were two currents of thought on the subject of property: those held on the one hand by the wealthy landed classes and on the other by the Irish Nationalist tradition.
A Dilemma Resolved?
It is a strange fact of experience that the most radically opposed theories can sometimes, if exaggerated, lead to similar and even identical results. This is true in the case of two theories of property.
Democracy or Technocracy?
The problem is whether or not democracy, in the full sense of the word, that is, a government by the people, is able to meet the challenges of man’s changing environment, or whether it must give way to a technocracy.