[jotm]

No, we know why: the people. The governments, the culture/desires.

And I don't mean only Africa or Asia, (before someone calls me racist). Any country has had this problem.

The simplest solution is to instate mandatory community service, preferably in lieu of military service, but it could be a sort of "Subotnik" as seen in the USSR, which would be used for... You guessed it, doing community/public service work. Then you have all the manpower and just need food (some compensation/thanks is good) tools and organization/training (can double as job training).

Not much to ask imo, but of course many people will cry about it. Mostly people from countries with a lot of homeless and unpaid internships, but it's not like most people want to do unpaid work much, either. On the bright side, most people won't raise much of a fuss about it, either.

So that's not happening. Government officials stealing foreign aid is happening. Local production is not happening. Wars are happening. Toilets are not. Etc.

[concordDance]

How exactly does time limited slavery help with the culture?

What stops this labour being used in corrupt or self serving fashions just as the money is?

[inglor_cz]

This is an interesting question.

The ancient Incan Empire collected taxes in labor (basically part-time slavery, everyone had to do their 2 months a year or so), and they managed to build enormous infrastructure across the Andes in just a few decades. And in high quality. Many of the roads can still be seen, 500 years after they were built.

How did they prevent capture of this labor by corrupt local officials? I don't know.

[jotm]

Slavery, fucking L. There are villages without proper taxation or any public services. Paying in labour works as an alternative.

What stops anyone from using a kitchen knife to stab someone to death?

If you look at it that way, you'll get nothing done.