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Hello All. Over the next 4 weeks or so I'm going to be doing some research for a disarmament NGO that will eventually be used in a paper on oil-for-food. Before I started I thought I'd tap into the great minds that have been fueling these lists, that is if you'll allow me to. This could also provide some basis for discussion, though there's certainly no shortage of that at the moment. Here are the specific areas of inquiry I'm interested in for this work (some have been addressed to some extent already - I apologize for the repeat): 1) Economic conditions in the northern governates vs. southern and central governates: reasons for the differences (gov't vs. UN policy; input per capita ratio...etc.)? 2) The refusal of Iraq, in some cases, to accept aid (especially food donations from other Arab countries) 3) Details on the effectiveness of the Government's management of the agricultural sector: ineffective? Unfortunately, this research is for a fellow who is quite pro-sanctions, so this job is weighing heavily upon my conscience. This is the reason for the accusatory, or what I might call "shift of blame" tone of these questions of inquiry. They are nonetheless relevant. I have been assured that the paper written, which will draw on this research, is to be mainly expository, though I recognize even fact-based works have spins. On the upside, my employer has explicitly expressed his eagerness to recieve criticism from humanitarian groupies like myself. Anyway, I'll be searching around for tidbits that help provide answers to the above mentioned topics. Any offers of insight, including resources, personal opinions, views experiences and the like are enormously appreciated. Thanks a million. Andrew Loucks The Global Movement to End the War against Iraq - www.leb.net/globalmewi Hamilton, Ontario, Canada ******************************************************* "Where once the student was taught that the unexamined life was not worth living, [s]he is now taught that the profitably lived life is not worth examining." - Benjamin Barber ******************************************************* -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To be removed/added, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk, NOT the whole list. Archived at http://linux.clare.cam.ac.uk/~saw27/casi/discuss.html