Outsourcing our Development work

Ali Mufuruki writing in BusinessinAfrica states that:

Africa has come up with a story to explain why, in the past 30 years, while people in Europe, America, Asia and Australia have become incredibly rich and more peaceful, Africa has actually managed to shrink the size of its economy, drive its best educated elite into political and economic exile, reduce the life expectancy of its people, and create more wars and social unrest than the rest of the world combined...Africa’s problems are many, and very complex. Fixing them will not be easy. But it is certainly doable. And, as always, we are going to need a special form of outside help this time round — not millions of dollars, but some honest truths. Our development partners could be helpful if they could look us straight in the eye and say: “In the entire history of mankind, no country has ever developed by outsourcing its own development work. Just because the Indians are very good at mathematics and computer science and they can do loads of work for a few cents an hour, does not make it right that you outsource your child’s computer science homework to India.
“By the same token, Africa must not expect to improve the living conditions of its people by asking foreign taxpayers for charity.”