Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: Let's have a deeper discussion on aid

Translator: Anne Mogensen Reviewer: Jette Derriche

Det er meget, meget svært

It's very, very difficult

at være den sidste taler ved en konference som denne,

to speak at the end of a conference like this,

because everyone has spoken. Everything has been said.

eftersom alle har talt. Alt er blevet sagt.

So I thought that what may be useful is to remind us

Så det kan være nyttigt at påminde os om,

of some of the things that have gone on here,

nogle af de ting, som er blevet sagt her,

and then maybe offer some ideas which we can take away,

og måske give nogle idéer, som vi kan tage med os,

and take forward and work on.

og arbejde med.

Det vil jeg forsøge.

That's what I'd like to try and do.

We came here saying we want to talk about "Africa: the Next Chapter."

Vi ville snakke om "Afrika: det Næste Kapitel".

But we are talking about "Africa: the Next Chapter"

Vi taler om "Afrika: det Næste Kapitel",

because we are looking at the old and the present chapter -- that we're looking at,

fordi vi ser på det tidligere og nuværende kapitel,

and saying it's not such a good thing.

og hævder, at det ikke er godt nok.

Det forrige billede samt dette billede af tørke, død og sygdom

The picture I showed you before, and this picture, of drought, death and disease

is what we usually see.

er det vi normalt ser.

What we want to look at is "Africa: the Next Chapter,"

Det vi vil kigge på er "Afrika: det Næste Kapitel",

det er: en sund, smilende, smuk afrikaner.

and that's this: a healthy, smiling, beautiful African.

And I think it's worth remembering what we've heard

Det er værd at huske det vi har hørt,

through the conference right from the first day,

i løbet af hele konferencen,

where I heard that all the important statistics have been given --

al vigtig statistik som er blevet vist,

about where we are now,

for at vise, hvor vi står nu,

about how the continent is doing much better.

og at det går så meget bedre for kontinentet .

And the importance of that is that we have a platform to build on.

Vi har nu en vigtig platform at bygge på.

So I'm not going to spend too much time --

Jeg vil ikke bruge for meget tid,

just to show you, refresh your memories

men blot vise og påminde jer om,

that we are here for "Africa: the Next Chapter" because for the first time

at vi er her, fordi vi for første gang

there really is a platform to build on.

har en platform at udgå fra.

We really do have it going right

Det er korrekt,

that the continent is growing at rates that people had thought would not happen.

at kontinentet vokser mere end vi havde kunnet forestille os.

After decades of 2 percent, we are now at 5 percent,

Efter årtier med 2 procent er vi nu på 5 procent,

and it's going to -- projected -- 6 and 7 percent even.

og det anslås at fortsætte til 6 og 7 procent.

And inflation has come down.

Og inflationen er faldet.

External debt -- something that I can tell you a long story about

Udlandsgælden kunne jeg tale længe om,

because I personally worked on one of the biggest debts on the continent --

eftersom jeg har arbejdet med en stor gæld på kontinentet,

has come down dramatically.

og den er også faldet drastisk.

You know, as you can see,

Som I kan se,

from almost 50 billion down to about 12 or 13 billion.

fra næsten 50 milliarder ned til omkring 12-13 milliarder.

Now this is a huge achievement.

Det er et bemærkelsværdigt resultat.

You know, we've built up reserves. Why is that important?

Vi har opbygget reserver. Hvorfor er det vigtigt?

Fordi det fremviser vores økonomier og valutaer

It's because it shows off our economies, shows off our currencies

and gives a platform on which people can plan and build, including businesses.

og giver en platform, som folk kan bygge på, også firmaer.

We've also seen some evidence that all this is making a difference

Vi ser også bevis på, at alt dette gør en forskel,

because private investment flows have increased.

for private investeringer er tiltaget.

I want to remind you again --

Jeg vil endnu engang minde jer om,

I know you saw these statistics before --

jeg ved i allerede har set disse statistikker,

from almost 6 billion we are now at about 18 billion.

at vi er gået fra ca. 6 til 18 milliarder.

In 2005, remittances -- I just took one country, Nigeria

Tager vi eksemplet Nigeria og kigger på pengeoverførsler i 2005,

skyrocketing -- skyrocketing is too dramatic,

skyhøj -- det er for dramatisk,

but increasing dramatically.

men de steg voldsomt.

And in many other countries this is happening.

Det samme sker i mange andre lande.

Why is this important? Because it shows confidence.

Det er vigtigt, fordi det viser tillid.

People are now confident to bring --

Hvis mennesker i diasporaen

if your people in the diaspora bring their money back,

tør investere i hjemlandet,

it shows other people that, look,

viser det andre,

there is emerging confidence in your country.

at tilliden til dit land er stigende.

And instead of an outflow, you are now getting a net inflow.

I stedet for udstrømning opnår man nu en tilstrømning.

Now, why is all this important, to have to go really fast?

Hvorfor er det vigtigt for en hurtig udvikling?

It's important that we build this platform,

Det er vigtigt, at vi bygger platformen,

that we have the president, Kikwete, and others of our leaders who are saying,

samt at præsidenten, Kikwete, og andre ledere siger,

"Look, we must do something different."

"Vi er nød til at foretage ændringer."

Because we are confronted with a challenge.

For vi er konfronteret med en udfordring.

62 percent of our population is below the age of 24.

62 procent af vores befolkning er under 24 år.

What does this mean?

Hvad betyder det?

Det betyder, at vi er nødt til at fokusere på, hvordan unge

This means that we have to focus on how our youth

kan engageres i produktive bestræbelser.

are going to be engaged in productive endeavor in their lives.

You have to focus on how to create jobs,

Man er nødt til at skabe jobs,

make sure they don't fall into disease, and that they get an education.

sikre at de er raske og bliver uddannet.

But most of all that they are productively engaged in life,

Men det vigtigste er, at de er produktivt engageret i livet,

and that they are creating the kind of productive environment

og at de skaber de produktive miljøer,

in our countries that will make things happen.

i vores lande, som vil gøre en forskel.

And to support this, I just recently --

En af de ting, jeg for nylig har foretaget mig i Nigeria

one of the things I've done since leaving government

er at starte

is to start an opinion research organization in Nigeria.

en organisation for opinionsforskning.

Most of our countries don't even have any opinion research.

De fleste af vores lande har ingen opinionsforskning.

People don't have voice.

Folk bliver ikke hørt.

There is no way you can know what people want.

Man kan umuligt vide, hvad folk ønsker.

One of the things we asked them recently was what's their top issue.

Vi spurgte dem om deres største problem.

Like in every other country where this has been done,

Som i alle andre lande, hvor en sådan undersøgelse er lavet,

jobs is the top issue.

er arbejde det største problem.

I want to leave this up here and come back to it.

Jeg vender tilbage til dette.

But before I get to this slide, I just wanted to run you through this.

Før jeg viser denne side, vil jeg lige gennemgå dette:

And to say that for me, the next stage of building this platform

Næste fase for opbygningen af denne platform,

that now enables us to move forward --

som nu gør det muligt at komme fremad

and we mustn't make light of it.

og vi må tage vare på det.

It was only 5, 6, 7 years ago

For blot 5, 6, 7 år siden

we couldn't even talk about the next chapter, because we were in the old chapter.

kunne vi ikke tale om det næste kapitel, fordi vi stadig var i det gamle.

We were going nowhere.

Vi kom ingen vegne.

The economies were not growing.

Økonomierne voksede ikke.

We were having negative per capita growth.

Vi oplevede negativ vækst per capita.

Den mikroøkonomiske fundament for udvikling

The microeconomic framework and foundation for moving forward

was not even there.

eksisterede ikke engang.

Vi må ikke glemme kampen for at bygge det,

So let's not forget that it's taken a lot to build this,

deriblandt alt det vi forsøgte i Nigeria.

including all those things that we tried to do in Nigeria that Dele referred to.

Creating our own program to solve problems, like fighting corruption,

Skabe et program for problemløsning, for korruptionsbekæmpning,

building institutions, stabilizing the micro economy.

bygge institutioner, stabilisere mikroøkonomien.

Nu har vi platformen, som vi kan bygge videre på.

So now we have this platform we can build on.

Det fører os til debatten, der er foregået her:

And it brings us to the debate that has been going on here:

aid versus private sector, aid versus trade, etc.

bistand kontra den private sektor, bistand kontra handel osv.

And someone stood up to say that one of the frustrating things

Nogen sagde, at en frustrerende ting er,

is that it's been a simplistic debate.

at det har været en forenklet debat.

And that's not what the debate should be about.

Det er ikke det debatten bør handle om.

That's engaging in the wrong debate.

Det tager debatten i en forkert retning.

The issue here is how do we get a partnership that involves government donors,

Målet er samarbejde mellem regeringsdonorer,

the private sector and ordinary African people

den private sektor og normale mennesker i Afrika

taking charge of their own lives?

til at tage kontrol over deres liv.

How do we combine all this?

Hvordan kombinerer vi dette?

At udvikle vores kontinent

To move our continent forward, to do the things that need doing

that I talked about -- getting young people employed.

og få unge i arbejde.

Getting the creative juices flowing on this continent,

At få kreativiteten til at flyde på dette kontinent,

much of what you have seen here.

som vi har set her.

So I'm afraid we've been engaging a little bit in the wrong debate.

Vi har været engageret i en forkert debat.

We need to bring it back to say,

Vi er nød til at spørge os selv,

what is the combination of all these factors

hvordan vi kombinerer alle disse faktorer,

that is going to yield what we want? (Applause)

så vi opnår det vi ønsker? (Bifald)

And I want to tell you something.

Jeg vil fortælle jer noget.

For me, the issue about aid --

Når det handler om problemet med bistand,

I don't think that Africans need to now go all the way over to the other side

så mener jeg ikke, at afrikanere bør gå i den anden grøft

and feel bad about aid.

og have dårlig samvittighed over bistand.

Africa has been giving the other countries aid.

Afrika har skænket bistand til andre lande.

Mo Ibrahim said at a debate we were at that

Mo Ibrahim sagde i en debat,

at han drømmer om når Afrika giver bistand.

he dreams one day when Africa will be giving aid.

And I said, "Mo, you're right. We have -- no, but we've already been doing it!

Jeg sagde, "Mo, du har ret. Men vi har allerede gjort det!

The U.K. and the U.S. could not have been built today without Africa's aid."

Storbritannien og USA var aldrig blevet bygget uden Afrikas bistand."

(Applause)

(Bifald)

It is all the resources that were taken from Africa,

Alle ressourcer som blevet taget fra Afrika,

including human, that built these countries today!

heriblandt mennesker, som hjalp med at bygge disse lande!

So when they try to give back, we shouldn't be on the defensive.

Så når de forsøger at give noget tilbage, bør vi ikke være defensive.

The issue is not that.

Det er ikke problemet.

The issue is how are we using what has been given back.

Udfordringen er, hvordan vi bruger det, som vi får tilbage.

How are we using it?

Hvordan anvender vi det?

Is it being directed effectively?

Bliver det brugt på en effektiv måde?

Jeg vil fortælle en lille historie.

I want to tell you a little story.

Hvorfor jeg ikke er imod bistand, så længe vi bruger det fornuftigt.

Why I don't mind if we get aid, but we use it well.

Fra 1967 til 1970 var Nigeria i krig.

From 1967 to '70, Nigeria fought a war -- the Nigeria-Biafra war.

And in the middle of that war, I was 14 years old.

Jeg var 14 år gammel på det tidspunkt.

We spent much of our time with my mother cooking.

Vi brugte meget tid på madlavning, sammen med min mor.

For the army -- my father joined the army as a brigadier -- the Biafran army.

Min far gik ind i Biafran-hæren som brigadechef.

We were on the Biafran side.

Vi var på Biafrans side.

And we were down to eating one meal a day, running from place to place,

Vi spiste kun et måltid om dagen, mens vi løb fra sted til sted,

but wherever we could help we did.

men hvor end vi kunne så hjalp vi.

At a certain point in time, in 1969, things were really bad.

I 1969 var det rigtig slemt.

We were down to almost nothing in terms of a meal a day.

Vi spiste stort set ingenting.

People, children were dying of kwashiorkor.

Folk, børn døde af kwashiorkor.

I'm sure some of you who are not so young

Jeg er sikker på, at I som ikke er unge

will remember those pictures.

kan huske disse billeder.

Well, I was in the middle of it.

Jeg var i midten af det hele.

In the midst of all this, my mother fell ill with a stomach ailment for two or three days.

Samtidig fik min mor en mavesygdom i to eller tre dage.

We thought she was going to die.

Vi troede hun skulle dø.

My father was not there.

Min far var der ikke.

He was in the army.

Han var i hæren.

So I was the oldest person in the house.

Så jeg var den ældste person i huset.

Min søster blev alvorlig syg af malaria.

My sister fell very ill with malaria.

Hun var tre år gammel og jeg var 15.

She was three years old and I was 15.

Hun havde meget høj feber. Vi prøvede alt.

And she had such a high fever. We tried everything.

It didn't look like it was going to work.

Det så ikke ud til at virke.

Så hørte vi om en læge der var 10 kilometer væk,

Until we heard that 10 kilometers away there was a doctor, who was

som tog imod folk og gav dem medicin.

looking at people and giving them meds.

Now I put my sister on my back -- burning --

Jeg tog min søster på ryggen, i den brændende hede,

og gik 10 kilometer med hende på ryggen.

and I walked 10 kilometers with her strapped on my back.

It was really hot. I was very hungry.

Det var utrolig varmt. Jeg var meget sulten.

Jeg var bange, fordi jeg vidste, at hendes liv afhængte af mig.

I was scared because I knew her life depended on my getting to this woman.

We heard there was a woman doctor who was treating people.

Vi hørte om en kvindelig læge.

I walked 10 kilometers, putting one foot in front of the other.

Jeg gik 10 kilometer.

I got there and I saw huge crowds.

Jeg kom frem og så en enorm folkemængde.

Almost a thousand people were there, trying to break down the door.

Der var næsten tusind mennesker, som alle ville ind.

She was doing this in a church. How was I going to get in?

Lægen befandt sig i kirken. Hvordan kunne jeg komme ind?

I had to crawl in between the legs of these people

Jeg kravlede ind mellem benene på folk,

with my sister strapped on my back,

med min søster på ryggen,

find a way to a window.

for at finde et vindue.

And while they were trying to break down the door,

Mens de forsøgte at bryde døren ind,

klatrede jeg ind gennem vinduet.

I climbed in through the window, and jumped in.

This woman told me it was in the nick of time.

Kvinden fortalte mig, at det var lige på målstregen.

By the time we jumped into that hall, she was barely moving.

Da vi hoppede ind gennem vinduet bevægede hun sig knapt.

She gave a shot of her chloroquine -- what I learned was the chloroquine then --

Lægen gav hende, hvad jeg senere fandt ud af, var chloroquin,

gave her some -- it must have been a re-hydration --

og hvad må have være rehydrering,

and some other therapies, and put us in a corner.

og nogle andre behandlinger og placerede os i et hjørne.

Efter to til tre timer bevægede hun sig.

In about two to three hours, she started to move.

De tørrede hende af, eftersom hun svedte,

And then they toweled her down because she started sweating,

which was a good sign.

hvilket var et positivt tegn.

Pludselig vågnede min søster.

And then my sister woke up.

Fem til seks timer senere, sagde hun, at vi kunne gå hjem.

And about five or six hours later, she said we could go home.

I strapped her on my back.

Jeg spændte hende fast på ryggen.

Jeg gik de 10 kilometer tilbage og det var den korteste tur nogensinde.

I walked the 10 kilometers back and it was the shortest walk I ever had.

Jeg var så glad (Bifald), at min søster var i live!

I was so happy -- (Applause) -- that my sister was alive!

I dag er hun 41 år og mor til tre,

Today she's 41 years old, a mother of three,

and she's a physician saving other lives.

og hun er læge og redder andres liv.

Hvorfor fortæller jeg jer dette?

Why am I telling that? I'm telling you that because --

when it is you or your person involved --

Fordi hvis det er dig eller en af dine kære, det drejer sig om,

you don't care where -- whether it's aid.

så er du ligeglad med om det er bistand.

Du er ligeglad med, hvad det er! (Bifald)

You don't care what it is! (Applause)

Du vil bare, at personen skal overleve!

You just want the person to be alive!

And now let me become less sentimental, and say that saving lives --

Det at redde liv,

which some of the aid we get does on this continent --

hvilket noget af bistanden gør på dette kontinent,

when you save the life of anyone, a farmer, a teacher, a mother,

for hvem som helst, en bonde, en lærer, en mor,

they are contributing productively into the economy.

der bidrager produktivt til økonomien.

And as an economist, we can also look at that side of the story.

Vi kan således også se på historien fra en økonoms perspektiv.

De er produktive agenter i økonomien.

These are people who are productive agents in the economy.

So if we save people from HIV/AIDS, if we save them from malaria,

Hvis vi redder folk fra HIV/AIDS og fra malaria,

it means they can form the base of production for our economy.

betyder det, at de kan være base for produktion i økonomien.

And by the same token --

Og omvendt, som nogen sagde i går,

as someone said yesterday -- if we don't and they die,

hvis vi ikke redder dem og de dør,

their children will become a burden on the economy.

vil deres børn blive en byrde i samfundet.

So even from an economic standpoint,

Så selv fra et økonomiskt synspunkt,

if we leave the social and the humanitarian,

uden at indregne et socialt og humanitært,

we need to save lives now.

så er vi nødt til at redde liv nu.

Det er en af grundene til, fra et personligt perspektiv,

So that's one of the reasons, from a personal experience, that I say

hvorfor vi bør bruge ressourcerne, som vi modtager til noget produktivt.

let's channel these resources we get into something productive.

Jeg vil dog også fortælle jer, at jeg er en af dem,

However, I will also tell you that I'm one of those

who doesn't believe that this is the sole answer.

der ikke tror, at dette er den eneste løsning.

That's why I said the debate has to get more sophisticated.

Debatten bør blive mere sofistikeret.

You know, we have to use it well.

Vi er nødt til at bruge bistand fornuftigt.

Hvad er der sket i Europa?

What has happened in Europe?

Vidste I, at Spanien, som er en del af EU,

Do you all know that Spain -- part of the EU --

modtog 10 milliarder dollars i bistand fra resten af EU?

got 10 billion dollars in aid from the rest of the EU?

Ressourcer blev overført til dem

Resources that were transferred to them --

og skammede Spanien sig over dette? Nej!

and were the Spanish ashamed of this? No!

The EU transferred 10 billion. Where did they use it?

Hvad blev de 10 milliarder brugt til?

Har I været i Sydspanien for nylig? Der er veje overalt.

Have you been to southern Spain lately? There are roads everywhere.

Infrastruktur over det hele.

Infrastructure everywhere.

Det er på grund af dette, at Sydspanien

It is on the back of this that the whole of southern Spain

har udviklet sig til en serviceøkonomi.

has developed into a services economy.

Også Irland modtog 3 milliarder dollars.

Did you know that Ireland got 3 billion dollars in aid?

Ireland is one of the fastest-growing economies in the European Union today.

Irland er i dag en af de hurtigst voksende økonomier i EU.

For which many people, even from other parts of the world,

Mange, fra andre dele af verden,

are going there to find jobs.

tager dertil for at finde arbejde.

Hvad gjorde de med de 3 milliarder dollars i bistand?

What did they do with the 3 billion dollars in aid?

De brugte dem til at bygge en informationsmotorvej,

They used it to build an information superhighway,

gain infrastructure that

opnå infrastruktur, som gør det muligt for dem

at deltage i

enables them to participate in the

den teknologiske informationsrevolution

information technology revolution,

and to create jobs in their economy.

og til at skabe jobs.

De sagde ikke, "Det tager vi ikke imod".

They didn't say, "No, you know, we're not going to take this."

I dag har EU travlt med at give bistand.

Today, the European Union is busy transferring aid.

My frustration is if they can build infrastructure in Spain --

Hvis de kan bygge infrastruktur i Spanien,

which is roads, highways, other things that they can build --

som veje, motorveje osv.,

I say then, why do they refuse to use the same aid

hvorfor nægter de så at bruge bistand

to build the same infrastructure in our countries? (Applause)

til infrastruktur i vores lande? (Bifald)

When we ask them and tell them what we need,

Når vi nu fortæller dem, hvad vi har brug for.

one of my worries today is that we have many foundations now.

Jeg er urolig over de mange fonde vi har.

Now we talk about the World Bank, IMF, and accountability, all that

Vi taler om Verdensbanken, IMF, ansvarlighed

and the EU.

og om EU.

We also have private citizens now who have a lot of money --

Vi har også velhavende private medborgere,

some of them in this audience, with private foundations.

nogle er i publikum, og private fonde.

And one day, these foundations have so much money,

En dag vil disse fonde have så mange penge,

they will overtake the official aid that is being given.

så de vil overgå den officielle bistand.

But I fear -- and I'm very grateful to all of them

Jeg er urolig, selvom jeg også er taknemmelig

for what they are trying to do on the continent --

for det de forsøger at opnå.

but I'm also worried. I wake up with a gnawing in my belly

Jeg vågner med en uro indeni,

for jeg ser en ny gruppe bistandsiværksættere på kontinentet.

because I see a new set of aid entrepreneurs on the continent.

And they're also going from country to country,

De rejser også fra land til land

and many times trying to find what to do.

og forsøger tit at finde ud af, hvad de skal foretage sig.

But I'm not really sure that their assistance

Jeg er ikke helt sikker på, at deres hjælp

is also being channeled in the right way.

altid sker på den rigtige måde.

And many of them are not really familiar with the continent.

Mange er ikke bekendt med kontinentet.

They are just discovering.

De er først ved at opdage det.

Og ofte samarbejder de ikke med afrikanere.

And many times I don't see Africans working with them.

They are just going alone! (Applause)

De gør bare tingene selv! (Bifald)

And many times I get the impression that they are not really even interested

Det er mit indtryk, at de tit ikke

in hearing from Africans who might know.

er særlig intresserede i at høre fra dygtige og erfarne afrikanere.

They want to visit us,

De ønsker at besøge os,

see what's happening on the ground and make a decision.

se hvad der foregår og tage beslutninger.

And now I'm maybe being harsh.

Nu er jeg måske lidt hård.

But I worry because this money is so important.

Jeg er urolig, fordi pengene er vigtige.

Now, who are they accountable to?

Hvem er disse mennesker ansvarlige overfor?

Indgår vi i deres overvejelser,

Are we on their boards when they make decisions

når de tager beslutninger om pengene?

about where to channel money? Are we there?

Vil de samme fejltagelser ske igen?

Will we make the same mistake that we made before?

Har vores præsidenter og ledere

Have our presidents and our leaders -- everyone is talking about --

have they ever called these people together and said,

nogensinde kaldt dem sammen og sagt,

"Look, your foundation and your foundation --

"Jeres fonde har mange penge

you have so much money, we are grateful.

og vi er taknemmelige for jeres støtte.

Let's sit down and really tell you where the money should be channeled

Lad os sætte os ned, så vi kan fortælle jer,

hvad pengene bør bruges til."

and where this aid should go."

Have we done that? The answer is no.

Har vi gjort det? Svaret er nej.

And each one is making their own individual effort.

Alle gør deres individuelle indsats.

And then 10 years from now, billions will again have gone into Africa,

Og om 10 år vil milliarder være blevet brugt i afrika,

and we would still have the same problems.

men vi vil stadig have de samme problemer.

This is what gives us the hopeless image.

Det skaber det hjælpeløse billede.

Our inability to take charge and say to all these people bringing their money,

Vores manglende evne til at tage ansvar og sige til dem,

"Sit down."

"Sæt jer ned."

And we don't do it because there are so many of us. We don't coordinate.

Vi er så mange og vi organiserer os ikke.

We've not called the Bill Gates, and the Soros,

Vi har ikke sagt til Bill Gates, Soro

and everybody else who is helping and say,

og alle andre som hjælper,

"Sit down. Let's have a conference with you.

"Sæt jer ned. Lad os have en konference.

As a continent, here are our priorities.

Som et kontinent her er vores prioriteter.

Here is where we want you to channel this money."

Her er, hvor vi ønsker at bruge pengene."

Each one should not be an entrepreneur

Alle bør ikke være en entreprenør,

som går ud og finder det bedste.

going out and finding what is best.

We're not trying to stop them at all! But to help them help us better.

Vi ønsker at hjælpe dem med at blive bedre til at hjælpe os.

And what is disappointing me is that we are not doing this.

Det skuffer mig, at vi ikke gør det.

Ten years from now we will have the same story,

Om 10 år vil vi være i samme situation

and we will be repeating the same things.

og gentage de samme ting.

So our problem right now is, how can we leverage

Vores problem her og nu er, hvad vi skal gøre

all this good will that is coming towards our way?

med al den gode vilje, som kommer i vores retning.

Hvordan kan vi få regeringer til at samarbejde ordentligt

How can we get government to combine properly

with these private foundations, with the international organizations,

med private fonde, med internationelle organisationer

and with our private sector.

og med vores private sektor.

I firmly believe in that private sector thing too.

Jeg tror stærkt på den private sektor.

Men ikke alene.

But it cannot do it alone.

Der er nogle overvejelser vi kan gøre os.

So there might be a few ideas we could think of that could work.

They said this is about proliferating and sharing ideas.

De siger det handler om at sprede og dele idéer.

So why don't we think of using some of this aid?

Hvorfor overvejer vi ikke at bruge noget af bistanden?

Well, why don't we first say to those helping us out,

Hvorfor starter vi ikke med at sige,

"Don't be shy about infrastructure.

"Hold ikke tilbage med infrastruktur.

That health that you're working on cannot be sustainable without infrastructure.

Sundhedssektoren er ikke holdbar uden infrastruktur.

That education will work better

Uddannelse vil fungere bedre,

hvis vi har elektricitet og veje osv.

if we've got electricity and railroads, and so on.

That agriculture will work better if there are railroads to get the goods to market.

Landbruget vil have gavn af veje, for at få varer til markedet.

Don't be shy of it.

Hold ikke tilbage med det.

Invest some of your resources in that, too."

Invester nogle af jeres ressourcer i det."

And then we can see that this is one combination

Det er en kombination af private,

of private, international, multilateral money,

internationale og multilaterale penge,

private sector and the African that we can put together as a partnership,

den private sektor og den afrikanske, som vi kan sammenføre,

so that aid can be a facilitator.

så bistand kan blive en facilitator.

That is all aid can be.

Det er det bistand kan gøre.

Bistand kan ikke løse problemer,

Aid cannot solve our problems, I'm firmly convinced about that.

But it can be catalytic. And if we fail to use it as catalytic,

men den kan være katalysator. Hvis vi ikke lykkes udnytte bistanden,

we would have failed.

så mislykkes vi.

Kinas agtelse i Afrika handler ikke om,

One of the reasons why China is a bit popular with Africans now --

one of the reasons is not only just that, you know, these people are stupid

at folk er dumme

and China is coming to take resources.

og Kina udnytter deres ressourcer.

It's because there's a little more leverage in terms of the Chinese.

Men den skyldes deres handlekraft.

If you tell them, "We need a road here,"

Hvis du siger, "Vi har brug for en vej,"

vil de hjælpe med at bygge den.

they will help you build it.

They don't shy away from infrastructure.

De favner infrastruktur.

In fact, the Chinese minister of finance said to me,

Den kinesiske finansminister sagde,

when I asked him what are we doing wrong in Nigeria.

da jeg spurgte, hvad vi gør forkert i Nigeria,

He said, "There are two things you need only.

"I har kun brug for to ting.

Infrastructure, infrastructure, infrastructure and discipline.

Infrastruktur, infrastruktur, infrastruktur og disciplin.

You are undisciplined." (Applause)

I er udisciplinerede." (Bifald)

Jeg gentager det for kontinentet.

And I repeat it for the continent.

Vi har brug for infrastruktur og disciplin.

It's the same. We need infrastructure, infrastructure and discipline.

So we can make a catalytic to help us provide some of that.

Vi kan skabe en katalysator for at opnå noget af det.

Now I realize -- I'm not saying -- health and education --

Jeg har ikke nævnt sundhed og uddannelse,

no, you can also provide that as well.

det kan man også opnå.

But I'm saying it's not either or.

Men det er ikke enten eller.

Let's see how aid can be a facilitator in partnership.

Lad os se på bistand som katalysator.

One idea.

En idé.

Second thing, for the private sector,

Når det gælder den private sektor,

er folk bange for de løber en risiko på kontinentet.

people are afraid to take risks on the continent.

Hvorfor ikke bruge en del af bistanden

Why can't some of this aid be used as a kind of guarantee mechanisms,

to enable people to take risk?

som garantimekanisme? Så folk kan tage chancer.

(Applause)

(Bifald)

And finally, because they are both standing at my -- I'm out of time.

Og her til sidst.

Am I out of time?

Har jeg ikke mere tid?

OK, so let me not forget my punchline.

Lad os ikke glemme min pointe.

One of the things I want everybody to collaborate on is

Jeg vil, at alle samarbejder

to support women, to create jobs. (Applause)

omkring at støtte kvinder, skabe jobs. (Bifald)

Meget er blevet sagt om kvinder.

A lot has been said here about women, I don't need to repeat it.

But there are people -- women -- creating jobs.

Men der er folk, kvinder, som skaber jobs.

And we know, studies have shown

Studier har vist,

that when you put resources in the hand of the woman --

at når du placerer ressourcer i hænderne på en kvinde,

in fact, there's an econometric study,

faktisk viser et økonometrisk studie,

the World Bank Review, done in 2000, showing that

The World Bank Review, fra 2000,

transfers into the hands of women result

at pengeoverførsler til kvinder

betyder sundere børn, mere til husholdning, økonomien etc.

in healthier children, more for the household, more for the economy and all that.

Noget vi kan tage med os fra i dag,

So I'm saying that one of the takeaways from here --

jeg siger ikke, at mænd ikke er vigtige,

I'm not saying the men are not important --

obviously, if you leave the husbands out, what will they do?

for hvad ville der ske, hvis man ikke indregnede mændene?

They'll come back home and get disgruntled,

De vil komme hjem og være utilfredse,

and it will result in difficulties we don't want.

og det vil resultere i problemer, vi ikke ønsker.

Vi vil undgå, at mænd slår deres koner,

We don't want men beating their wives

because they don't have a job, and so on.

fordi de ikke har et arbejde etc.

Jeg vil løfte frem, at i periferien

But at the margin, we also -- I want to push this,

because the reason is the men automatically --

får mænd ofte

mere støtte end kvinder.

they get -- not automatically, but they tend to get more support.

Ressourcer i hænderne på afrikanske kvinder

But I want you to realize that resources

in the hands of African women is a powerful tool.

er et mægtigt værktøj.

There are people creating jobs.

Der er mennesker, der skaber jobs.

Beatrice Gakuba har skabt jobs i Rwanda.

Beatrice Gakuba has created 200 jobs from her flower business in Rwanda.

We have Ibukun Awosika in Nigeria, with the chair company.

Ibukun Awosika har gjort det i Nigeria.

She wants to expand.

Hun ønsker at ekspandere.

She needs another 20 million.

Hun har brug for yderligere 20 millioner.

She will create another 100, 200 more jobs.

Hun kan skabe yderligere 100, 200 jobs.

Så hvordan kan vi tage ressourcer

So take away from here is how are you going to put together

the resources to put money in the hands of women in the middle

og placere i hænderne på kvinder,

who are ready --

forretningskvinder, der er klare

business people who want to expand and create more jobs.

og ønsker at udbygge og skabe flere jobs.

And lastly, what are you going to do

Til sidst, hvad har I tænkt jer at gøre, for at være en del af samarbejdet

to be part of this partnership of aid, government, private sector

mellem bistand, regering, den private sektor

and the African as an individual?

og det afrikanske individ?

Thank you. (Applause)

Tak. (Bifald)