Försvann stödet till Sydafrika för fort?
Raenette Taljaard skriver i foreign Policy om Sydafrikas utveckling. En av hennes poänger är att de stöd utifrån som pumpade in resurser i landet för att klara transitionen från diktatur och apartheid till demokrati kanske drogs ner för snabbt? Man tyckte att allting verkade gå så bra att man packade och gick:
In the 1990s, vast amounts of bilateral and multilateral assistance poured into South Africa to ensure a smooth transition of power between the apartheid and democratic regimes, peaking at $541 million in official development assistance in 1999. International expertise and financing helped foster a strong civil service, legislature, civil society, and independent media. But the world's attention soon waned. South Africa was too rapidly deemed a full-fledged democracy, and various forms of assistance dropped off between 1999 and 2002. Newly created South African institutions were left to their own devices. Even the country's courageous trade liberalization program met with less reciprocation than hoped for abroad.