Addressing concerns that aid was wasted, he cited statistics showing that many aid dollars went directly to debt relief.
"Our philosophy [is to use] our resources to the maximum before asking for help," he said.
The audience also heard about the progress made in Tanzania under
Mkapa's presidency. Some schooling is now compulsory, and hundreds of new schools have been built. But the new millennium poses additional questions about education, he noted.
"Certainly the question has to be asked: How prepared are countries like Tanzania for the science and technology century that is upon us?"
One in 9,000 Tanzanians uses the Internet, Mkapa said. The ratio in the U.S. is 1:4.
"Globalization has not closed the gaps between rich and poor," he said.
Mkapa added that speaking at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) held special meaning for him, because the school is named for the U.S. president who supported many African countries during the 1960s, when they were just gaining their independence.
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