Message-ID: <3pp4r6$3lb@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: Mon, 22 May 1995 04:44:22 GMT From: "Jason M. Githeko" <mailto:githeko@UIUC.EDU> Subject: Re: Africa To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L
In article <mailto:Pine.3.88.9505171601.A2212-0100000@cheetah.uwo.ca>, "c. leite" mailto:<cleite@JULIAN.UWO.CA> says: >
>With respect to "appropriately" directing aid, anecdotal and other
>evidence certainly suggests that some routes, e.g. NGOs and very
>specific community-based projects, are relatively more effective. In the
>long-term, however, I believe the "best" alternative is to insist that
>reasonably effective accounting procedures be developed as the West
>appears to be doing with Palestine. It may also be advisable to hold
>leaders personally responsible for the eventual allocation
>of aid funds. In this regard it would be extremely helpful to abolish
>this idea of untraceable bank accounts. They seem to serve only one
Why not simply have every receipient publish a standard detalied acount of the use funds received then. Citizens will then respond if published reports are untrue. The recent trend towards funding projects from non-governmental agencies and organizations seems a good way to reduce misuse.
Githeko