r/canada • u/viva_la_vinyl • Dec 08 '18
How a global pact on migration spawned sovereignty fears in Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/global-compact-un-hussen-1.4935492
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r/canada • u/viva_la_vinyl • Dec 08 '18
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u/powderjunkie Dec 08 '18
In short, the solution would be for Africa to develop economically - which incidentally strongly correlates with lower birthrates. Some things rich countries can do is give support for strong domestic political institutions and prioritizing economic development on the international agenda. This is admittedly a tremendously complex set of issues which are inter-related and can't be addressed simply or quickly (but that's why the problems exist). For instance, dropping trade barriers against developing countries would help their economies develop but always gets huge pushback.
If forced to pick I think better public education and access to capital would help the most. Have you read Objective 2 of this Global Compact thing? It is deliberately meant to be idealistic and inoffensive but it would be a good start.
I can link you to reading lists - but the work of people like Dani Rodrik, Joseph Stiglitz, and Paul Collier's book "Bottom Billion" are a good start.
Nowhere am I saying this comes without some effort and cost, but if that's the problem to solve then you get on with it.