Code of Ethics for the Salvation of Africa (COESA) ©2005
Donors’ Criteria for Aid
- Commitment to a multi party democracy.
- Commitment to fundamental human rights and the rule of law.
- Commitment to open, transparent and accountable government.
- Commitment to property rights and private ownership of land and resources.
- Commitment to abolish and/or eliminate government and or party ownership of economic resources.
- Commitment to open markets for internal and external investors.
- Commitment to set up preemptive processes to prevent corruption.
- Commitment to investigate any allegations of corruption and fiscal improprieties.
- Commitment to prosecute and punish those found to be guilty of corruption.
- Commitment of recipient countries to allow investigations by donors or their dully appointed representatives to conduct an investigation at will and/or annually and submit a report to donor countries and to make the report public.
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Recipient Country Obligations
- Establish the basis for a multi-party democracy by allowing the formation of political parties.
- Establish a constitution that underlines the rule of law, upholds the fundamental human rights of its citizens, and allows for property rights and private ownership of economic resources including the right to own land.
- Establish the basis of open, transparent and accountable government.
- Eliminate state or party ownership of businesses.
- Establish the means and the process that allows internal and external investments.
- Elected officials must declare their (spouses included) financial net-worth before taking office and those that are in office must do so immediately to an international body created for monitoring these obligations.
- Establish preemptive measures to prevent corruption and to establish the mechanism to investigate corruption or allegations of corruption.
- Prosecute corrupt individuals and make every effort to recover misappropriated funds and punish those that have been found guilty of the crime.
- Be open and ready to allow investigators from donor nations or their duly appointed representatives to conduct such investigations at-will or at a prescribed time and receive their findings that will be made public by the donor nations.
- To monitor donor funds and to require the establishment of the lowest possible limit for any overhead or administrative costs being deducted from the funds.
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5 comments:
Selam Zeke, thanks for the kind words and please continue reading and add any information you might come across on the subject..
Dear Author
Formost I would like to extend my heartfelt appreciation for coming up with such well composed code of ethics for the salivation of Africa. If we bring together hearts and minds of true sons and daughters of mother africa rhe vision you brought forward can be realized. Let almighty God Help Africa ! Let God bless you of bringing forward such a timely topic for discussion!
Yihune M
Dear Author
I appreciate your motive. What upsets me always is that Westerns do not want to punish and give a lesson to African dictators. The dictators purchase weapons with the donated money and kill their own citizen only to sustain power. So westerns have a big responsibility for the sustainable mess happening in Africa.
Regards,
Berhanu
I read your COESA with interest and I found it very fascinating.I hope Africa will have leaders that will implement a fraction of of what you proposed.
I would like to add to your COESA population control by introducing the Chinese system.
Dear Anonymous: Thanks for your comment and suggestions. Because of your suggestion about adding population control ala-Chinese style. I went back and looked at population data over thirty five years. I concentrated on changes over the decades, 1970, 80, 90, 2000 and the latest on 2003. You are right, Africa had the largest or fastest population gain/growth over the period. In 1970 population was pegged at 350 million, by 1980 went up to 469 million, by 1990 it was pegged at 622 million and by 2000, had reached at 795 million and the latest on 2003 it shows 850 million. On a percentage basis, it shows an average growth rate of about 25 percent per decade. It is a factor that needs to be considered in every aspect of political and economic development programs in every country on the continent.
Now, on the other side of the equation, the US and Europe had the lowest rate birth rate in the world. I believe (I have read this somewhere) that there is a negative correlation of sorts, that the higher the educational level of the population and the more advanced economy of the country, and the resulting higher standard of living some how translates in to a lower birth rate. If Africans are allowed to attain any kind of economic development and the literacy rate goes up, the standard of living goes up, overtime the birth rate will start to decline. Please do not get me wrong, I am not minimizing the risk of uncontrolled population growth and its impact. We should never forget that.
Thanks for the suggestion, it will be on of the suggestions that will be considered to be added to COESA.
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