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BBC Radio 4 -
Today Programme (18/03/02)
Interview of P V Satheesh by James
Naughtie
JN: The first
UN conference on financing development is starting
in Mexico. The main debate there is going to be
about aid – bluntly put – ‘good
or bad’? But here’s an example of
something interesting going on. In one region
of the world a sustainable farming group is actually
rejecting a British aid project that is worth
about sixty-five million pounds. It is going to
lobby today to press the point. More
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The Locals Know
What Aid They Need (21/03/02)
Independent
This week ministers from rich and
poor countries have gathered in Monterrey, Mexico,
for the United Nations conference on development
finance. Although we hear so much talk about "winning
the peace" and the "new internationalism",
the conference isn't yet packing in the media.
War is a lot sexier than peace, and commandos
make for much better photo opportunities than
aid workers. More
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| $170-million
British grant? No thanks, say Indian farmers
They say the aid for helping Andhra
Pradesh state to set up large-scale mechanised
farms growing genetically modified crops would
hurt small farmers.
By Alfred Lee
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Diary (05/04/02)
Matthew Norman - Guardian
Nice to see Clare Bomber
Short on our letters page directing people to
the Vision 2020 document on the Andhra Pradesh
government...
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| The Greatest
Folly Of Our Age (15/04/02)
Colin Tudge - New Statesman
Clare Short believes that rural
India needs more hi-tech. Wrong, wrong, wrong,
argues Colin Tudge. The farmers themselves know
better. More
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| NFU Countryside
(01/06/02)
Jonathon Porritt
Say what you like about Clare Short
(our much admired Secretary of State for International
Development), we certainly know where she stands
on any issue. Even when she’s told to keep
quiet on something particularly controversial
(such as George Bush’s desire to bomb the
hell out of Iraq)... More
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UK Aid For India
Sparks Row (18/07/02)
By Alex Kirby - BBC News Online
environment correspondent
The UK Government's overseas aid
ministry has accused two researchers of "gross
misrepresentation" of some of its policies
in India. More
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GM firm recruits
Short's aid adviser (14/09/02)
Activists criticise business-government
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John Vidal - Environment Editor
- The Guardian
One of the most senior civil servants
in the Department for International Development
has left to join Syngenta, the world's largest
agribusiness and second largest GM food company.
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