Folks, I used Soviet Union instead of Russia. My bad. Chi Jaama Joe Sambou >From: Joe Sambou <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Re-another milestone reach- trade-vs- >Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 20:12:11 +0000 > >Edi, I know you chose to ignore my points and resorted to piggy back on >Abdul, which is ok. I however, in the interest of sharing knowledge, want >to share this excerpt culled from Gassama's posting on Networking food >security for poor Gambians: > >" B) Export Subsidies >Allows countries to export goods on the world market at prices lower than >those in their domestic markets. Under the agreements, trade-distorting >subsidies are illegitimate. Countries in the North however, provide >facilities to enable their farmers to export their excess produce into our >markets without undue financial stress on them. > >The study in the poultry sector is a glaring testimony to this. The study >revealed that the impact of such an action has been enormous in terms of >making domestic production uncompetitive thus sending most producers out of >business, and overall affecting returns to The Gambian economy." > >Well, just today, the US is challenging the Soviet Union on matters >relating >to the poultry industry. Last year, US farmers made over $600,000,000 >selling poultry to the Soviets. Well, the Soviets decided to protect their >budding poultry industry, thus refusing to buy from US farmers under the >guise of a policy against consuming poultry meat injected with penicillin >for faster growth. My question again, how comparative or absolute is this >advantage and who is measuring this advantage? In the above example can we >tell who has the comparative or absolute advantage? Don't you think it's >about time we start thinking out of the box. The battle in this century is >the battle of ideas and it behooves us to think for our selves rather than >saddling David Ricardo's theory which works well for the west to our >disadvantage. We should learn from the mistake of Lobengula, our >Mashonaland fore-father that signed the treaty with the west without >knowing >what he signed for, thus he gave away the land to his big surprise. :)! >You do not have to respond if that is your wish but thanks for the healthy >exchange. > >Abdul and Yus, as always, you added value to the discourse and Gambia is >better off with all of us putting our ideas together. > > > > > > >>From: Edi Sidibeh <[log in to unmask]> >>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list >><[log in to unmask]> >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: Re-another milestone reach- trade-vs- >>Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 15:45:56 +0000 >> >>Mr Ejie, >> >>Thanks for your kind analysis on this issue, I do not have be an economist >>to make a point on this regard. What i was trying to point out here is the >>fact that our resources are so few to gain us more development assistance >>than the economic assistance from the US. Instead, if Nigeria or other >>African countries with huge amount of natural resources claim to have >>access >>in the US market than the economical assistance that sounds cleaver. >> >>Africa in general has a lot to offer in terms of natural resources. It is >>clear enough that if African's resource are stopped from entering the >>west, >>their industries will face desaster. >> >>Again you are very right to say that high debts are not good for our >>nation's future if they are not use in right purposes. But the Gambia in >>particular, have only tourism and groundnut cultivation to gain us hard >>currency. Fancy these two important factors to our economy are recently in >>a >>very bad shape. Therefore, the only alternative here is economic >>assistance >>not a gate way to the US market. once more thanks for your contribution >>and >>enlightening. >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com >> >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >>To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >>Web interface >>at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >>To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >>[log in to unmask] >> >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > > >Edi, I know you chose to ignore my points and resorted to piggy back on >Abdul, which is ok. I however, in the interest of sharing knowledge, want >to share this excerpt culled from Gassama's posting: "The study in the >poultry sector is a glaring testimony to this. The study revealed that the >impact of such an action has been enormous in terms of making domestic >production uncompetitive thus sending most producers out of business, and >overall affecting returns to The Gambian economy." Well, just today, the >US >is challenging the Soviet Union on matters relating to the poultry >industry. > Last year, US farmers made over $600,000,000 selling poultry to the >Soviets. Well, the Soviets decided to protect their budding poultry >industry, thus refusing to buy from US farmers under the guise of policies >against consuming poultry meat injected with penecellin for faster growth. >My question again, how comparative or absolute is this advantage and who is >measuring this advantage? Don't you think it's about time we start >thinking >out of the box. The battle in this century is the battle of ideas and it >behooves us to think for our selves rather than saddling David Ricardo's >theory which works well for the west to our disadvantage. Please take a >look at Gassama's forward of "Food Security For Poor Gambians" > > >>From: Edi Sidibeh <[log in to unmask]> >>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list >><[log in to unmask]> >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: Re-another milestone reach- trade-vs- >>Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 15:45:56 +0000 >> >>Mr Ejie, >> >>Thanks for your kind analysis on this issue, I do not have be an economist >>to make a point on this regard. What i was trying to point out here is the >>fact that our resources are so few to gain us more development assistance >>than the economic assistance from the US. Instead, if Nigeria or other >>African countries with huge amount of natural resources claim to have >>access >>in the US market than the economical assistance that sounds cleaver. >> >>Africa in general has a lot to offer in terms of natural resources. It is >>clear enough that if African's resource are stopped from entering the >>west, >>their industries will face desaster. >> >>Again you are very right to say that high debts are not good for our >>nation's future if they are not use in right purposes. But the Gambia in >>particular, have only tourism and groundnut cultivation to gain us hard >>currency. Fancy these two important factors to our economy are recently in >>a >>very bad shape. Therefore, the only alternative here is economic >>assistance >>not a gate way to the US market. once more thanks for your contribution >>and >>enlightening. >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com >> >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >>To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >>Web interface >>at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >>To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >>[log in to unmask] >> >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. >http://www.hotmail.com > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~