After the Second World War about thirteen billion US dollars worth of economic and financial aid was able to lift a broken and war ravaged Europe from levels of social devastation and economic deprivations into a virile society and an industrial power bloc. The value of thirteen billion dollars at that time is above one hundred billion dollars today. However just across the Mediterranean, Africa has received approximately over one trillion dollars worth of economic development aid since 1960 but incidentally she continues to grow in social despair and poverty...
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