If you read the Commission for Africa report (which you should: the slimmed-down paperback is £5 and you'll find it more interesting than you imagine) one of the key arguments is that development is not just about the giving or receiving of money - more important is creating the right conditions so economies can grow, children can be educated and the poverty spiral can be broken. These are all things you could mark on a development index - children in schools up, GDP rising, etc. Less tangible is the growth of civil society, but this is what a lot of it hangs on.
I spoke in Edinburgh to Alain Sanou, an anthropology professor from Burkina Faso, who is working in partnership with Christian Aid to build civil society in his country.
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