Dear Ms.Vaillant, I did a back-of-the-envelop arithmetic on the Economist Intelligence Unit's offer of GBP 160 per quarter for a stringer,resident in The Gambia, with all the responsibilities listed in your posting; notably the provision of the annual budget, government programme of reforms and the Central Bank Report; not to mention manuscript(s) with independent views on current developments in The Gambia and I concluded that the EIU is a prime candidate for "The Sweat Shop Award" of the Month. EIU is still in the running for the Award for the Month of January ONLY because my arithmetic is exclusive of postage. Folks, don't be deterred by my comments. My arithmetic could be all wrong for all you know. Besides, The Economist /EIU are the best in the business. Take my word. Happy New Year too Ms. Vaillant and all your colleagues at the EIU. Sidi Sanneh ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------