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#119: "kind of development" A reply
From:ForHaiti@aol.com
<< The point is that when such an agency enters a country, the projects that
are wanted by the government are usually "macro" in nature.....road
construction or repair, water and sewer projects, etc......rarely do
governments in poor countries opt for program development in rural areas
as the focus of aid that is received.......no, the "macro" urban projects
seem
to get all the attention......
Of course, there are smaller rural projects, but they are usually
minor......
>>
Many years ago in a small mountain village of Pilate in the north, USAID came
in and spent $50,000 building a slaughter house along the river. For years it
has been occupied, stainless steel hooks and all, by squatters. You see it
was a "make job" project and it "wasn't our job" they said to do something
functional. Without electricity, coolers or a generator it meant that people
had to bring their live stock to the slaughter house, kill, cut, divide it up
and take it back home. What a waste!
Give me some examples of where they have done projects that did long range
good?