tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post6619970927405912175..comments2023-08-16T12:07:22.995+00:00Comments on The Daily (Maybe): Burma notesJim Jeppshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-85112986930414676152008-05-10T12:06:00.000+00:002008-05-10T12:06:00.000+00:00Thanks for this.That's a complex issue. I work for...Thanks for this.<BR/><BR/>That's a complex issue. I work for an NGO (as it happens) and the nuts and bolts of these issues are difficult in practice.<BR/><BR/>We'll be working with the Libya and Tanzanian governments soon (around education) and we certainly are strenthening the state's infrastructure. We have to make a decision if that crosses any ethical boundaries.<BR/><BR/>The practicalities of the situation are that you need the cooperation of the local government - no matter how vile - otherwise the job simply cannot be done.Jim Jeppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-13815130116876570292008-05-10T10:48:00.000+00:002008-05-10T10:48:00.000+00:00Hi JimI have recently see this show at the Unity T...Hi Jim<BR/><BR/>I have recently see this show at the Unity Theatre in Liverpool. If it comes close to you, I highly recommend it:<BR/>http://www.ladyofburma.com/index2.html<BR/><BR/>There is one point that you do not discuss. Most NGOs, as a matter of principle, will not let their aid be used as a tool for coercition and consolidation of tyrannical regime. This seems to me to be a legitimate position to take. The fact that some of the opposition to the regime occurs in the affected areas only makes this position more important.Raphaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10605252659871359565noreply@blogger.com