PHA-Exchange> "State of the World" reports

[claudio]

From: "Peter Burgess" <Profitinafrica at aol.com>

> Dear Colleagues
> 
> I realise that it is now the mandate of every UN specialized agency 
> to publish an Annual "State of ....... " report. 
> 
> Does anyone know how much money is spent compiling the information 
> and getting it printed? And how much of this is offset by actual 
> sales? Does anyone know how much notice is taken of the information 
> by the media, and by the public at large?
> 
> But perhaps more important does anyone notice that so much of what is 
> in these reports shows that most of the critical problems have been 
> with us now for decades and do not seem to be getting better very 
> fast? In some cases, the data shows we are going backwards.
> 
> So the question then comes down to what is being done wrong, or al-
> ternatively what needs to be done to make things right?
>