Pacific Aid Under Handicap
The Pacific aid division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is badly handicapped by the way its administration is organised, according to the director of Volunteer Service Abroad, Dr David Stone.
He said no aid programmed could be effectively run "on The Cheap." There were enough problems in developing countries without the administration of the organisation being bad in New Zealand said Dr Stone. The division did not have a permanent secretariat, and staff turnover was high. Therefore, the experience vital to the administration of aid
programmes had not been built up.
He also commented on the need for New Zealand to be more generous to its Pacific neighbours. In the year ending June, 1976, New Zealand’s balance of trade with six Pacific countries favoured it by nearly three to one.
It was up to New Zealanders to apply sensitivity to their neighbours’ needs by granting them personal dignity and the means to develop their economy as New Zealanders would wish to develop their own, Dr Stone said.
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Mana (Auckland), Volume 2, Issue 2, 20 April 1978, Page 1
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172Pacific Aid Under Handicap Mana (Auckland), Volume 2, Issue 2, 20 April 1978, Page 1
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