I was happy to see this post advocating a return to the concept of
development of basic supporting infrastructure. Especially over the
past couple of years I have been in countless meetings and seminars in
which many learned participants have climbed all over each other to see
who can be the
Dear Colleagues,
I follow with interest the marvellous initiatives undertaken by Kabissa
and other organisations. However, I feel increasingly anxious that there
is virtually nowhere that Portuguese-speaking African organisations can
turn to for this kind of valuable support.
I do a lot of work
An interesting homeostatic trend is emerging in this discussion in
response to Femi's challenge: Tom argues importantly for incentives
either not to leave, or to return to origins in the interests of
community sustainability; Sam understandably wants skilled personel to
remain in service for local
