Re: Economic and Political Agenda

SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL (mailto:juwandem@NMSU.EDU)
Tue, 14 Jul 1998 14:18:08 -0600 

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Date:         Tue, 14 Jul 1998 14:18:08 -0600
From: "SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL (SSI)" <mailto:juwandem@NMSU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Economic and Political Agenda
To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU


On Tue, 14 Jul 1998, Matthew Parry wrote:
snip> Of
> course USAID has political and economic agenda built into its foreign aid -

> what nation doesn't ?



Isn't it time to change this? or at least clearly disclose those political
and economic agenda or change the use of "AID"  for something else, like
'investment'?


In addition,  just because a majority may do something which is clearly
inappropriate does not make it right.


Regards,
JC Wandemberg Ph.D.
Socio-Ecological Systems