HELP me with this international relations question?

Question

Hey, im doing an International Relations project on Burkina FAso and i need some help. The project is, Im representing Burkina Faso in front of the world bank to ask for a loan for a certain water or agricultural prject. Now the topics i wanna deal with are:

1. How to help the ppl who are suffering from drought, therefore not ebing able to farm?
2. Lack of fresh water supply, causing diseases.
3. and the spread of AIDS.


YOU guys have any ideas what i can propose to the World Bank so that they will lend me the money, for example what can i propose that will help with the three issues above, Any help is appreciated. Thank you.

Answer 1

You need details on the water project you are proposing. Maps of the area, dam location or the location of what ever you intend to use the money for. The time frame before some good things will begin to happen and what can be expected by the average citizen as the project progresses. An accounting of the money would be nice. The available workforce or where you intend to get the workers for your project. If you a working on water control like a dam it will tie in nicely with #2. An added plus would be flood control if that has ever been a problem. Clean water will reduce disease and provide for badly needed sewage handling. Include increase farm productivity as part of the means to repay the loan. Selling hydroelectric power could bring in more revenue.

I'm sorry about #3 but I can't see how it relates to 1 and 2 unless you plan a hydroelectric dam and intend to use part of the electricity to manufacture condoms. It just makes sense to me that droughts, floods, irrigation, clean drinking water and the diseases caused by the lack of clean water fit together nicely but AIDS really looks like it belongs on another page...

I don't know if that is what you want or not, I hope it is and I hope it helps. Good Luck on getting the money. I apologize, I feel like I am all over the board but I think a sort of brainstorming effort is all that will work here. Make up a draft with as many bullet statements as possible then start arranging and grouping them. The real trick is to start the list, once you have done that, this thing will take on a life of its own.

Answer 2

I have been to Burkina Faso! I had been in Mauritania for a year and a half and decided to look at a few other countries.

If I were seated at the seat of power, as you will be, I would ask the world to help enforce trade policies, stop illegal fishing off the coast of the 4 countries to your south, and stop sending money and food. If they would buy your copper and dates, and if food came from domestic farmers instead of Iowa silos, you'd be better off.

I say that, because the period of time I spent there was in the 80s when the Soviet Union was pulling out and your country was known as Upper Volta. If you think times are bad now, you should have seen it then. The U.S. and the Soviet Union were having a cash giveaway contest that caused the worst imaginable unemployment. After the Soviets pulled out and subsequently crumbled, the U.S. tossed around loose change and wished everyone good luck. Economies started improving, but Europeans were complaining because the last remaining superpower was not handing out enough money. So we started shipping hundred dollar bills, wheat and corn again and every country went right back to the way it was.

My father spent some time as an appointee at the U.S. Dept of Agriculture. He quit in protest because the U.S. Government would not quit trying to turn Africa into a HUD community just to appease the French.

Do some research. There are a number of African leaders who ask to be left alone, but the media either buries it or vilifies the leaders.

If you want a good thesis, tell the world to keep their money and record their reactions. Ask yourself why they are so anxious to give you their money.