Reflections

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Haus der Berliner Festspiele | Foyer

James Shikwati (Kenya) und Daniel Kempken (Germany) about development aid
2.3 billion dollars in development aid, says World Bank economist William Easterly, has been issued since the sixties – and predominantly to Africa. While the majority of economists and left-liberal politicians support an increase in aid, Kenyan economic expert James Shikwati (Director of the Inter Region Economic Network) regards this aid as fatal. Shikwati says it undermines the Africans’ pride, fosters financial dependence and corruption, and lowers the entrepreneurial spirit. It furthermore stabilises the regimes of dictators. Daniel Kempken is an employee of the Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development in Berlin.
In cooperation with the Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation

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Haus der Berliner Festspiele | Große Bühne

The Generation of 68 - were they romantic?
Presented by: Wilfried F. Schoeller
Geert Mak (Netherlands) is this year’s recipient of the Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding. He and philosopher/author Rüdiger Safranski (Germany) will give a talk about today's evaluation of the events that took place in 1968.