http://sdmicrofinance.org/fostering-a-liberian-entrepreneurial-spirit/ Micro-Finance in San Diego Sun, 02 May 2010 16:23:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://sdmicrofinance.org/fostering-a-liberian-entrepreneurial-spirit/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Deborah Lindholm Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:38:46 +0000 http://sdmicrofinance.org/?p=199#comment-25 On behalf of all at the FFW in San Diego, thank you Andrew for volunteering in Liberia this summer!! We are delighted you are there!! On behalf of all at the FFW in San Diego, thank you Andrew for volunteering in Liberia this summer!! We are delighted you are there!!

]]> http://sdmicrofinance.org/fostering-a-liberian-entrepreneurial-spirit/comment-page-1/#comment-22 norm hapke Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:57:55 +0000 http://sdmicrofinance.org/?p=199#comment-22 A thoughtful account of the problem that is endemic to Africa. In Uganda Indians were brought in to do the business stuff and then tossed out by Idi Amin, whereupon the economy collapsed. There is a woman who has written a book about what she calls 'market-dominant minorities', groups which excel wherever they are placed. She means the Chinese, Jews, Indians, and, as you say, the Lebanese. You know from your grandfather's experience who powerful the cultural pull in this direction can be. Also, witness Hawaii, where the natives are lost in their own land due to this phenomenon. The conundrum is how to go from the natural entrepreneurial instincts of the desperate (income patching) to true business spirit. It is pretty rare, I would submit, absent the cultural emphasis. A thoughtful account of the problem that is endemic to Africa. In Uganda Indians were brought in to do the business stuff and then tossed out by Idi Amin, whereupon the economy collapsed. There is a woman who has written a book about what she calls ‘market-dominant minorities’, groups which excel wherever they are placed. She means the Chinese, Jews, Indians, and, as you say, the Lebanese. You know from your grandfather’s experience who powerful the cultural pull in this direction can be. Also, witness Hawaii, where the natives are lost in their own land due to this phenomenon. The conundrum is how to go from the natural entrepreneurial instincts of the desperate (income patching) to true business spirit. It is pretty rare, I would submit, absent the cultural emphasis.

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