Hi Bill, I can readily see how such a Survey would reflect the priorities and values of those commissioning the study. I'm surprised that the Turks don't have much say in it. Do you have a sense of where the Survey and the Turks might disagree on what to ask about or how to phrase it?
When you say, 'importing', are you talking about importing Turkish goods and selling them in the US, or.... I've also been lured by the thought of offering on-line courses, and impressed with the amount of up-front work that it does require. I have one course that is probably a week or two of remaining work to finish, but haven't tackled the question of what organization to offer it through. Any guidance would be very welcome. Lawry -----Original Message----- From: William B Ward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 6:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Panic stations Lawry, I am basically a retired academician who got sucked back in when I moved back to Tampa and am now developing 4 graduate distance ed courses in international health policy and management. I just came back from a couple of weeks in Turkey where we were trying to paste together a World Bank funded National Health Survey that has very weird ways of evaluating health care services - a way that elevates the US lack of system - to something desirable. The World Bank guidelines give these countries carrying out the surveys very little latitude as to what questions are asked, etc. What I wanted to do was to do some part time importing which I have kind of ignored the last 4 or 5 months to build these courses - a lot of work cause you just can't walk in and ask 'well kiddies what do you want to talk about tonight?" Bill On Tue, 23 Jul 2002 18:18:10 -0400 "Lawrence DeBivort" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yes, Jeffrey Sachs.... > > The man who forgot about the ruble overhang and thereby advised a > course of > action that wreaked hyperinflation upon the Russians and those other > groups > that got stuck with the Russian ruble. Russia won't recover for yet > many > years, and meanwhile pensioners are begging on the sidewalks, while > the > privileged were allowed to export their rubles for whatever they > could get > for them, while the West dumped good money into trying to prop it > up. What a > debacle.. > > I wonder if Sachs wasn't the fellow who argued for Argentina and > others > pegging their currencies to the US dollar? > > The horror is that even well-meaning people can through ignorance do > a lot > of harm with their hubris. > > Sounds like you are doing interesting work, Bill. Can you say > more? > > Lawry > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of William B > Ward > Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 5:21 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Panic stations > > Lawry, > > I agree completely. Bush's position is that any group providing > armed > resistance to a group he supports qualifies as terrorists. The IMF > has, > through its policies and crossing the palms of strong men, probably > killed more people than many of the groups Bush has fingered. > > I have not evaluated the links below but they do make for some > interesting reading: > > http://www.foe.org/international/imf/ > > http://www.globalizethis.org/fightback/#wbimf > > http://www.50years.org/institutions/index.html > > http://www.50years.org/institutions/index.html > > http://lists.essential.org/mailman/listinfo/stop-imf > > http://www.globalexchange.org/economy/rulemakers/ > > http://www.ifg.org/imf.html > > palastimf.htm > > http://members.aol.com/gafrin/imf.htm > > http://www.cepr.net/IMF/ > > The one that blew me away was this by Jeff Sachs, one of the guys > who > brought us the current Russian economic situation. Now if you ignore > the > others, it is hard to ignore this guy. > > Incidentally, I have been involved, in a small way, in planning for > the > current Turkish National Health Survey, funded by the World Bank. > You > may not know it, but a recent study by one of the Bank's health > gurus > indicated that the US has the world's most responsive health > systems. As > an American, I'm glad that I now know that! [:>)}. > > Bill Ward > > > On Tue, 23 Jul 2002 15:30:29 -0400 "Lawrence DeBivort" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Guerillas, freedom fighters, resistance fighters, maquis, > > terrorists, > > commandos, assassins, special ops, wet ops, minute men.... > > > > The term we choose will reflect whose side they and we are on. > > > > Can you think of any other similar terms? > > > > Lawry > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.
