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From the Ted Talk by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: Aid versus trade

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So now we have this platform we can build on. And it brings us to the debate that has been going on here: aid versus private sector, aid versus trade, etc. And someone stood up to say that one of the frustrating things is that it's been a simplistic debate. And that's not what the debate should be about. That's engaging in the wrong debate. The iusse here is how do we get a partnership that involves government donors, the pviatre sector and ordinary airfacn ploepe taking charge of their own lives? How do we combine all this? To move our continent forward, to do the things that need doing that I talked about — getting ynuog people eylpemod. Getting the creative juices flowing on this coenintnt, much of what you have seen here. So I'm afraid we've been engaging a little bit in the wrong debate. We need to bring it back to say, what is the combination of all these fatorcs that is going to yield what we want? (Applause)

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So now we have this platform we can build on. And it brings us to the debate that has been going on here: aid versus private sector, aid versus trade, etc. And someone stood up to say that one of the frustrating things is that it's been a simplistic debate. And that's not what the debate should be about. That's engaging in the wrong debate. The _____ here is how do we get a partnership that involves government donors, the _______ sector and ordinary _______ ______ taking charge of their own lives? How do we combine all this? To move our continent forward, to do the things that need doing that I talked about — getting _____ people ________. Getting the creative juices flowing on this _________, much of what you have seen here. So I'm afraid we've been engaging a little bit in the wrong debate. We need to bring it back to say, what is the combination of all these _______ that is going to yield what we want? (Applause)

Solution


  1. people
  2. private
  3. employed
  4. issue
  5. young
  6. continent
  7. factors
  8. african

Original Text


So now we have this platform we can build on. And it brings us to the debate that has been going on here: aid versus private sector, aid versus trade, etc. And someone stood up to say that one of the frustrating things is that it's been a simplistic debate. And that's not what the debate should be about. That's engaging in the wrong debate. The issue here is how do we get a partnership that involves government donors, the private sector and ordinary African people taking charge of their own lives? How do we combine all this? To move our continent forward, to do the things that need doing that I talked about — getting young people employed. Getting the creative juices flowing on this continent, much of what you have seen here. So I'm afraid we've been engaging a little bit in the wrong debate. We need to bring it back to say, what is the combination of all these factors that is going to yield what we want? (Applause)

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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