LP>A fellow who worked for the UN told me that foreign aid is money sent by
  >poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.
LP>There's also 'aid' money given with the stipulation that it be spent on
  >goods from the donor country (Canada is notorious for this), which
  >amounts to a subsidy of industry in the donor country.
LP>Our 'aid' money might even be used for something of dubious value to the
  >receiver country, such as dams that displace thousands of people or deep
  >wells that actually increase desertification by further lowering the
  >water table in already dry areas.  :(
Foreign aid is often aid to industries, and a way of controlling the
population, more than aid to the people.
                     Sondra
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