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I no longer dream of Africa as I did as a young girl. My idyllic and naive vision of working as a doctor abroad has changed. Remarkable people still operate all over the world, but significant foreign aid is becoming increasingly difficult. On one hand, workers are increasingly restrained by governments demanding absolute control over their actions, complete adherence to their own codes of conduct, and utter silence on any misdemeanors. On the other, dubious associations, incompetent workers, and absurd projects mushroom at an astonishing rate and are given the green light. Aid figures favorably on any curriculum, elicits universal excitement, and a lot of glamour is attached to it. Elegant delegations attend innumerable meetings in sealed-off luxury hotels. Posh ladies used to ask their husbands and lovers to open antique shops and boutiques for them, now they set up NGOs.
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Piontelli, A. (2008). Conclusion: Bringing It All Back Home. In: Twins in the World. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230615533_14
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