Annotation # 8. Assignment 13.

         Miller, Greg. "Why is Africa Poor?" Cato. Cato Institute, 06 Dec. 2011. Web. 26 Oct. <http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=12614>.

This source I see will play a major role in my research paper. It talks about Africa's government and how they are mostly to blame for the poverty in the continent. I agree with this article completely. There are many influences which make Africa poor but I believe the government does have the most control over these other factors and should be doing more to help their own continent. "African leaders have become adept at externalizing blame, holding others responsible for Africa's failings. Yet African leaders-not a lack of capital, access to world markets, or technical expertise-are to blame for the continent's underdevelopment." African leaders must take more responsibility for their actions and focus more on benefiting their continent instead of thinking to much about all their mistakes. They must realize what they did wrong and then move on. It seems obvious that whatever they have been doing hasn't been working out well for them. Africa's culture is way different from the rest of the world so I think in a way that has hindered their economic growth in some ways. I'm not saying they should completely change their cultural ways but they should consider changing some aspects such as global trade with the rest of the world. "Africa must embrace globalization and trade with the rest of the world. African countries must also make their business environment much friendlier to domestic and foreign investors."
         "Many reasons have been put forward for the region's slow development-a lack of human and government capacity, poor infrastructure and trade access, the effects of too little (or too much) foreign aid, the legacy of arbitrary colonial boundaries, low productivity, the cold war, climate, and geography. Many African leaders blame the rest of the world for African poverty, implying that solutions to underdevelopment are out of their hands. But the world has not denied Africa the markets and financial means to compete." This quote sums up what I want to do with my paper. I want to incorporate different aspects that influence poverty but also show that Africa's leaders have had a huge role in the way the continent is as well. "Africa is poor not because of aid per Se, although large inflows of foreign aid have almost certainly been a disincentive to reform for many African governments. Nor is African poverty solely a consequence of poor African infrastructure or trade access. Africa has enjoyed preferential access to international markets, yet the continent has slipped behind other, less favored, competitors." This is saying that Africa is not poor because of the lack of aid or because of too much aid given at one time or because of the trade market but rather it is a combination of everything. Large monopolies have also effected Africa's infrastructure.
          I see this source relating to a lot of previous sources I have read in that this one quote ties them all together.  I have previously mentioned education, and healthcare but also geography, trade, and the effects of little or too much foreign aid. I believe this source to be reliable and credible. The author is Greg Mills who is a director of a foundation in South Africa. He is also the author of another article called "and What Africans Can Do About It."