ifda dossier 74 - Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation

tfda dossier 74 . novcmbcr/deccmbcr 1989 letters/cartas/lettres
From Bauchi, Nigeria
Kindly permit me 10 utili~e this opportunity to express niy sincere gratitude to you for
keeping me and my students informed of trends in international development. especially
as pertaining to the Third World, through the regular delivery of IFDA Dossier to us.
Thanks inimcnsly for a marvellous job! May we continue to look forward to a regular flow
of vital information affecting our lives. Needless to stress the fact that severe economic
squeeze and ;issoeiatcd deep cuts in university subvention for the purchase of books and
journals are factors which militate against the pursuit of academic endeavours in our
university, as elsevihere in Nigeria. We shall. therefore, continue to rely on your
organization for the necessary alleviation of the hardships created by the dearth of financial
resources for subscribing to relevant literature on Third World development.
From Iiuenos Aires, Argentina
We arc a consulting group on environmental problems. On our daily job (consulting.
conferences, academics, institutes and university) we carry practical problems from our
activity to people who wish to solve the environnicnt problems. Your Dossier is very
precious', ven rich for us. Is 11 possible th;it you send us the Dossier regularly? Since it
is very difficult to pay in foreign currency. would it he possible t1i;it you send the Dossier
tree of charge'! (Publi'ilicr'.~ tune: Yes, of course.)
Carlos A. Qiievedo, Argcntuguas srl
From Coimhatore, India
I am receiving IFD4 Dossier for quite some years now. This has helped me to Hunk more
in niy quest to understand to visualise values for "developnicnt". Issues raised in lFUA,
one hopes, could enrich dialogue at grassroots. I am glad to say that the emerging crisis
at grassroots has in recent times led ordinary people especially the oppressed to associate
existing political and developmental structures with the oppressive and ecologically unsound
dominant developnicnt models and the search is on for alternative development through
alternative political process at the grassroots especially among udivasis ('trihals'). I am
associated with an informal solidarity group in support of this process amongst various
adivusi organisations in South India as well as with an informal group "Crea Collective"
which attempts to network peoplefgroups with similar thinking on issues as well ;is with
providing informations. Any relevant ni;iterials that you have may kindly be sent. Being a
voluntary' work, working mostly in the individual space, financial constraints exist and our
efforts are our main asset.
C.R. Bijoj, Rur.11 Health Centrc
De Itagiii, Colombia
l leiiios recil-iido su IFIIA Dossier 72 (juliolagosto 1989). l,os diversos tenias tratados en
esta puhlicaci6n tan especial, son fucnte constante de consulla per personas dedicadas a