Basil, Just to recap your piece particularly, your last sentence, "only time will tell". This is what I have said from the very start when Brother Habib first introduced the issue of BIVAC to the L. Let us give it a shot. IF it did not yield the desired results to the economy we scrap the programme in its totality or atleast advice the Government to do so, to avert any imminent and prolong hardship to the already poor people of The Gambia. This as you rightly asserted would be counterproductive. Adios, OB Silla. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------