http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/11/magazine/11ideas_section2-
12.html (1) The US apparently has a long-standing policy that
any food aid must be purchased in, and shipped from, the US. (And
is alone among large donors in requiring this.) (2) US
nongovernmental aid organisations actually like this
arrangement,
because they make money by selling a whole lot of donated food
that isn’t needed for emergencies. (3) Bush tried to change
these rules earlier this year, but Congress voted against
it.
(Hrm, I’m a bit sceptical of this, particularly (2). Are all the aid organisations really against it? Why are they been given food that is profitable to sell anyway? (Who are they selling it to?) And how can there be a surplus of food aid?) 04:42
