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Message-ID:  <s5ab51e0.067@ntca.org>
Date:         Tue, 14 Jul 1998 12:40:48 -0400
From: Matthew Parry <mailto:mparry@NTCA.ORG>
Subject:      Economic and Political Agenda
To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU

Dr. Lisse,

I appreciate your comments and respect your opinions.  But, your
comment:

>However, what sets USAID apart from the others is that it conducts

>foreign assistance and humanitarian aid to advance the political and

>economic interests of the United States.


has me wondering - do you seriously think any other bi-lateral donor is
different ???  Why single out USAID ?

Surely you don't think the EU, for example, is spending millions of ECU on
food aid  and technical / material assistance on countries like Liberia or
Guatemala just because they don't have a better place to spend it ?  Of
course USAID has political and economic agenda built into its foreign aid -
what nation doesn't ?

Regards,

Matt Parry

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