Mike Da, Don't worry! By the time Assam (Oxom, if you may) gains Independence, there will not be any ADB loans to be tied to.
:-) Rajib --- mc mahant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --------------------------------- Firstly Oxom must attain Independence and have a sovereign Economy including Open skies, own currency. If any import needed of Ideas,Expertize,Raw material,Semiproducts--we can choose from the wide world particularly from among our best buyers-for sustaining balanced country to country trade. ADB is a US World BAnk proxy and Delhi is encouraging ADB to sanction mountainous loans with Delhi's endorsement(which they can wriggle out of). All ADB loans negotiated for NE-euphemism for split-to-convenince-Assam are tied to ADB bums' scrutiny/approval. We know some the kind of ADB approvers. None can ever solve economic woes of Oxom's 3 crores.None of the projects are known /discussed/scrutinized by our people. These will be like India's 5-year plans,National Embankment Policy,IIT/IIM/AIIMS typesof mockery which continues to keep India in the bottom rung of the world's progress as servants not creators. We do not want any Tied loans from ADB OR ANYBODY. Not now, not EVER mm --------------------------------- From: umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],[email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Assam] [Assam Society] Call for May 5 2006 as Global Day ofProtest against ADB! Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 02:14:12 +0100 (BST) C-da, Here is a list of projects undertaken by ADB -recently - in India -- in each category there are many for Assam/NE India -- such as for power generation, roads and infrastructure development: http://www.adb.org/Documents/Profiles/default.asp?key=ctry&val=PPTA&scpe=12 (from the above link here are the ones for NE India ) Preparing the Assam Integrated Flood and Riverbank Erosion Management Project North-East Power Development Project Assam Power Sector Development Project Preparing the Northeastern States Trade & Investment Creation Initiative (earlier listed as REG 37407-01) Preparing the Assam Governance and Public Resource Management Program North Eastern States Roads North East Region Urban Development (Phase II) North Eastern Region Urban Development For the evaluation of their impact or that of earlier projects - see http://www.adb.org/Evaluation/reports.asp?s=3&ctry=12 http://www.adb.org/Projects/reports.asp?key=ctry&val=PCR&scpe=12 Regards. Umesh PS: People like you are useful to question the usefulness of ADB , WB etc in development of the region -- however, boycott serves what purpose -- only that of the corrupt politicians to further their cause of making money without accountability of how they spend the money for the projects. However, besides civil society involvement World Bank and ADb etc have a built in projkect evaluation component -- which is ongoing (formative) as well as summative (post ) -- which increasees the pverall cost by 10-15% for the project but ensures effective implementaion of the project. Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: blockquote, dl, ul, ol, li {padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;} At 7:43 PM -0700 4/29/06, Pradip Kumar Datta wrote: We should not boycot ADB. ADB helped north east in various ways and still it is funding big infrastructure projects in the north east. Long Live ADB *** Why don't you educate us about what you know about the good done by ADB, something obviously all these riff-raff calling for its boycott must not know? Or should we accept your slogan just because you say so? umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Why this protest? ADB is like World Bank - which atleast in education (I read) helped improve Indian education over the past decade atleast. How has ADB become like this when it seeks to provide 200 million dollars to NE India for raod construction? Umesh "River Basin Friends(NE)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Roman">Please distribute widely to friends, media and listservs. Call for May 5 2006 as Global Day of Protest against ADB! We are the Peoples Forum against ADB (PFAADB), an alliance of 97 social movements, struggle groups and NGOs from across Asia. We write to you from the city of Hyderabad in India where thousands are beginning to converge to protest the Asian Development Banks 39th AGM (3-6 May 2006). As we issue this appeal to our friends across the globe, hundreds of activists from remote areas in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram and from Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra, Tamil Nadu, Jharkand, Kerala, West Bengal, Rajastan, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh are on buses and trains on route to this city. Groups from Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bangladesh, Nepal, Cambodia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Indonesia, Australia, Japan and Burma have already joined us. In Hyderabad, street corner meetings have begun to convey our message to the people. The Peoples Forum is calling on all peoples movements and civil society groups to observe 5 May 2006 as the Global Day of Protest against the Asian Development Bank, when ADB Governors will officially inaugurate the Annual Meeting. Every year, ADB moves huge amounts of money across the Asia-Pacific region in a bid to foster rapid economic growth and market capitalism. Despite its name and stated intentions, the ADB does not serve to alleviate poverty. Instead, it advances capitalist and corporate interests, serves the will of powerful countries such as Japan and U.S. and other expansionist nations, and excludes poor and marginalised peoples from control over their resources. It is an undemocratic, non-transparent and unaccountable institution. Join us! On May 5, we will be taking out a massive march and protest against the ADB in Hyderabad, India. For those of you unable to join us here in Hyderabad, you can show your solidarity and worldwide opposition to the ADB by holding various actions in your own states, provinces, cities, towns, taluks and villages. You can - Hold a protest demonstration - Submit a memorandum to the local, regional and national government - Submit a memorandum to the local ADB office/ project office - Raise slogans - Send us a solidarity message Some of the slogans that you can use: ADB: HANDS OFF Our Water, Our Health, Our Forests Our Livelihood, Our Environment, Our Culture ADB QUIT INDIA! QUIT ASIA! SHUTDOWN THE BANK ADB: 40 YEARS IS ENOUGH Please get in touch with us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for any information. You can download posters and read more about us at www.asianpeoplesforum.net River Basin Friends AKAJAN District-Dhemaji.787059. Assam. India --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time. 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