Latjor, I do not find your critique annoying at all. If anything, I find them useful in that they enabled me to pick up some of the weaknesses in my write-up. I agree with you that undue emphasis on academia in Development planning often leads to a disconnect with the realities on the ground. But societies have their creative capacities spread over all sectors and effectively harnessing these( without distinction or discrimination), and directing their cumulative energy into productive activities, would be a meaningful way of building the foundation for development. This has often proven unrealistic and unattainable so that only a select few determinds the path to be followed. With regard who is "educated", the conventional notion is of a person who has gone through a formal institution of learning. But this may be misleading, as some persons have come out of our formal institutions of learning without ever showing the characteristics of a "sharpened intellect", while someone who has not benefitted from these institutions, but had mainly attained nuture through interactions with the natural environment out there in some village, shows such characteristics. Thus the reason I put educated in paranthesis. I thank you for your interesting contribution. Omar Joof. >From: africa fest <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [>-<] WHY GAMBIA IS STILL NOT DEVELOPED? >Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 07:25:38 +0000 > いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい 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 Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい