Ilyas.uddin, S/O, Mr. Riaz uddin Resident of Karachi, Pakistan is very much pleased to declare myself for devotion to the services of humanity. People of Pakistan like many other Asian and African countries pertain to the very basic needs and nature.

Lack of proper residences, education, health, employment etc. has forced our people to live below the poorest level. No. doubt the country was established sixty two years ago, but unfortunately the land has always been neglected by self-interested rules that have never paid heed to the awful crying, sufferings of the masses.

In real sense there is a lot to describe about poor and neglected people especially women who for fulfillment of the basic daily needs indulged themselves in various unlawful and unethical activities. Similarly the youngsters who are brought up in a polluted and dirty atmosphere keep themselves busy in looting, snatching and robbery etc.

Under the sad circumstances I have decided to devote my life for the service and assistances of our robbed people for which in first phase I need money for getting myself registered, establishment of a proper venue/office and after then the forum will require an adequate amount for regular type of welfare society for helping the needy people for family maintenance, education, health, marriages etc.

As such I request yourselves to provide financial support for which I undertake to use your fund in a very honestly and proper way.

It is a matter of fact that our country especially the city of Karachi is a populous one where poor people from interior area are migrating and for those a huge sum of Amount is required on urgent basis.

Thanks & Regards,

Ilyas uddin

Allied Bank Limited

Sharah-E-Quaideen Branch, Karachi, Pakistan

Ilyas uddin

Bank A/c No. 0120022842

Branch Code No. (0416)

Swift Code No ABPAPKKA

Pak Rupees

Contact No. 0092-213-8447524

Mobile No 00923463306923

E-Mail Address ilyasuddin2009@gmail.com

(From this prolific source of feeds

http://erudito.livejournal.com/827165.html)

2) I knew about the food aid ties to the farm lobby. The merchant marine connection is new to me but makes total sense. Thanks for bringing this to light.

1. Injecting large amounts of imported food aid is depressing prices to producers, giving an incentive to produce less next season.

2. Imported food aid is typically sufficiently delayed to miss the crisis (if there is any at all), hence the consquences of problem #1 will be exacerbated without reliefing the target group.

3. Quite often, what we see in the West, through our media, as an urgen food crisis is nothing but a “normal” situation. In many places of the world, food shortages, particualrily seasonal food shortages, happens every year. Yes, that is a problem, but imported food aid depress local prices AND exacerbate already high risk in the market – driving local food producers out of business – which in turn makes the situation worse in the long run.

And for you information, some people actually do write quite carefully about these issues, taking them seriously: http://esthergarvi.com/2008/11/27/swedish-television-criticizes-bbc-niger-2005-report/

One US agency provides tied “aid” by definition: the US Trade and Development Agency. It’s as much, maybe more, about US trade than it is about development. I can’t imagine them giving up their tying.

Jordan: The World Bank no longer accept tied trust funds.

GREAT POINTS BUT I THINK IT IS A BIT INCOMPLETE AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOME THOUGHTS.

YOU SAID: My assumption would be that buying food locally makes food more expensively for all of the people in that area.

THAT MIGHT BE TRUE IN THE SHORT RUN IF THERE ARE CONSTRAINTS TO PRODUCTION OR FOR GOOD THAT TAKE LONG TIME TO BE PRODUCED. BUT PRODUCERS WOULD IN GENERAL REACT TO THE HIGHER DEMAND (MORE PRODUCTION, ENTRY OF NEW PRODUCERS) AND THIS WILL LEAD TO MORE PRODUCTION AND MORE ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES.THE PRICES WILL RESTABILIZED.

WE ALSO NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT FOOD. IT IS TONS OF OTHER GOODS AND SERVICES THAT CAN BOOST THE LOCAL AND NEIGHBOURING ECONOMIES AND THAT ARE AVALAIBLE AND/OR CAN BE PRODUCED QUICKLY.

THEN YOU ADDED: Conversely importing food increases the supply and helps keep prices low.

THE TRUE CONVERSE HERE IS NOT THAT THE PRICES WILL “STAY LOW”, BUT THEY WILL DECREASE FURTHER. THIS WOULD DRIVE THE PRODUCERS OUT OF BUSINESS AND EVENTUALLY DEPRESS THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES.

OVERALL, I THINK TYING DOES NO GOOD TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY. IT HARMS IT.