[Reader-list] Dutch social democrats demand end to help for gujarat

[Paul Keller]

Hi all,

Just found an article in today's issue of the Dutch newspaper 'Trouw' that I
thought might interest you. Apparently the PvdA (Dutch social democratic
party) members of parliament have demanded that the government stops its
development aid to Gujarat. The Dutch ministry of development cooperation
spend 12,5 million euros in Gujarat last year mainly for the
(re)construction of schools, drinking water facilities and hospitals. In
Holland awarding development cooperation money is made conditional on a
number of criteria, on of them being the 'quality of governance'. The events
of last year and the juridical aftermath have raised questions within the
PvdA fraction if the quality of governance in Gujarat still justifies the
millions spend there...

Unfortunately the article is not available online. But if someone is really
interested I can scan and mail it.

/paul