Does foreign aid create a culture of dependence?
Burundi\u2019s economy has been battered: first by years of conflict, then Covid-19. And so the World Bank has stepped in and provided $40 million in aid \u2013 with another $150 million still to come.
Hundreds of thousands of the poorest households will receive cash \u2013 with some targeted at setting up new businesses.\n \nSo, can Burundi strike a balance between handouts and hand-ups? And can the people receiving the aid eventually become self-reliant?
For today\u2019s Africa Daily, Mpho Lakaje discusses this question, as well as speaking to one of the recipients of the money about how it\u2019s changed her life.