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- Title: Letter from Praia, 1979
- Author : American Diplomacy
- Release Date : January 07, 2011
- Genre: Politics & Current Events,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 55 KB
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No single term comes to mind to describe 1979 in Cape Verde; it was a year of drift in some respects with the continuation of existing trends and the occurrence of a number of contradictory events. The eleven-year drought is, of course, the dominant consideration, affecting not only Government policies but seriously draining both public and official morale. The international community continues to be generous and both emergency food assistance and development aid ran at a high level throughout the year. Whether or not development assistance, largely devoted to agriculture, is in fact a meaningful development strategy in Cape Verde remains an open argument but the GOCV, loath like any less developed country to refuse aid, persists in pursuing it. Unfortunately, few of the development projects have yet produced much in the way of visible progress, and there are growing signs of impatience, both within the leadership elite and the general public, with the Government's development record.