As Americans we often have a tendency to want to build things in an effort to promote goodwill. We’d often be far better off investing in people. Trying to build a school in Kenya is a difficult venture, hampered by corruption and local politics. In any building project there is a strong tendency for local officials to fight over petty advantages. Building projects are capital intensive, and because Americans usually aren’t closely involved in the actual building process, once a school is built, the U.S. often receives little credit. The United States will, however, be blamed for every failing
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