Mr. Camara, Thanks for this very useful piece. Economic growth or democracy? I want both, because without both, I will not have a well-functioning state with a reasonable level of wealth-generating capacity for my people to subsist on. Allow me to quote Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim from "Can Africa Claim the 21st Century" " Poverty brings about instability and insecurity, which breed underdevelopment. The reverse is also true. Democracy must deliver on the bread and butter issues, otherwise the Continent could slide back into situations where the politics of poverty gives rise to the poverty of politics." Salim Salim, SG, OAU, 24 October 1999. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------