Americans say Americans need to understand:

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Cross-Culture Issues

• Malians say Malians need
• Technical expertise
• English skills
• Continuous funding

• Americans say Americans need to understand
• The issues of the material resource poor world
• The joys of material poverty
• Listen and not direct

• Malians say Americans need
• More politeness
• More emphasis on family
• More balance in their (Americans) lives

• Americans say Malians need to
• Know what their own holistic goals are
• Pay attention to their subsistence farmers
• Encourage simple entrepreneurial actions
• Create sustainability and expect no further
  funding
• Have transparent accounting