Message-ID: <199807141931.UAA10871@linux.lisse.na> Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 20:31:21 +0100 From: Dr Eberhard W Lisse <mailto:el@LINUX.LISSE.NA> Subject: Re: Economic and Political Agenda To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
Matt,In message <mailto:s5ab51e0.067@ntca.org>, Matthew Parry writes:
> 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 ?
Why I single them out? Because it's is a quote from their Web Page :-)-O (And I did mention that most bilateral donors just subsidize their own national industry).
> 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 ?
The EU is not such a bad donor per se :-)-O
> Of course USAID has political and economic agenda built into its
> foreign aid - what nation doesn't ?
EU is not a nation just yet.
el