Message-ID: <MAPI.Id.0016.00776562202020203030303430303034@MAPI.to.RFC822> Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 10:42:20 PDT From: uwe <mailto:uweb@MEGALINK.NET.MX> Subject: Re: infoDev Offers Year 2000 Grants to Poorest Countries To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
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> The usual 12m to world bank staff and consultants and 4 to the purchase
> of equipment and the countries are left with a loan of 16m. They gain a
> liability of 16m to make the WB look good... and obviously the staff
> gains a promotion.
Hi Abdus,basically I agree with you, but don't think that this attitude of WB is something new. My impression is, that so far all "help" was granted with the intention to create a captive market; something like a loose, modern form of slavery.
Uwe