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This programme looks at aid projects financed by the British Commonwealth Development Corporation (C.D.C.), and the Swedish Institute of Development Assistance (S.I.D.A.) in Kenya. It was filmed on... location and looks at three specific projects: the development of tea growing in the Nyambeni Hills, a middle-class housing development in the Buru Buru suburb of Nairobi and a rural water supply project in the arid Wamunyu district. The Kenyan Minister for Finance and Planning, the Hon. Mr. Mwai Kibaki MP, is interviewed, and the projects are assessed from the donor country point of view in the form of interviews with Peter Meinertzhagen, General Manager of C.D.C., and Mrs. Gertrud Sigurdsen, the Swedish Minister for Aid. The programme concludes with a discussion in the studio between Sir Bernard Braine, MP, past chairman of the House of Commons Select Committee on Overseas Aid and Mrs. Judith Hart, MP, twice Minister for Overseas Development. They discuss how effective international aid has been and what changes are desirable in its organisation in the future.
This programme looks at aid projects financed by the British Commonwealth Development Corporation (C.D.C.), and the Swedish Institute of Development Assistance (S.I.D.A.) in Kenya. It was filmed on... location and looks at three specific projects: the development of tea growing in the Nyambeni Hills, a middle-class housing development in the Buru Buru suburb of Nairobi and a rural water supply project in the arid Wamunyu district. The Kenyan Minister for Finance and Planning, the Hon. Mr. Mwai Kibaki MP, is interviewed, and the projects are assessed from the donor country point of view in the form of interviews with Peter Meinertzhagen, General Manager of C.D.C., and Mrs. Gertrud Sigurdsen, the Swedish Minister for Aid. The programme concludes with a discussion in the studio between Sir Bernard Braine, MP, past chairman of the House of Commons Select Committee on Overseas Aid and Mrs. Judith Hart, MP, twice Minister for Overseas Development. They discuss how effective international aid has been and what changes are desirable in its organisation in the future.
| Module code and title: | D302, Patterns of inequality |
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| Item code: | D302; 13 |
| First transmission date: | 31-08-1976 |
| Published: | 1976 |
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| Duration: | 00:46:17 |
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| Producer: | Graham Turner |
| Contributors: | Bernard Braine; Stephanie Goodenough; Judith Hart; Mwai Kihaki; Ian Lane; Peter Meinertzhagen; Gertrud Sigurdsen; Graham Turner |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Economic development; Inequality; Kenya |
| Footage description: | Vox-pop interviews in London streets on overseas aid. Goodenough outlines the shape of the programme which will look at aid to Kenya. Over shots of Nairobi, Goodenough describes the growth of the city and the resultant social problems, especially housing. Meinertzhagen of CDC explains the philosophy of the corporation and their involvement with the Buru Buru housing scheme in Nairobi. Goodenough and Lane describe the scheme in more detail. Kibaki, Kenyan Minister of Finance, looks at the importance of the scheme and how it fits the government's plans. A second CDC scheme - tea growing in the Nyambeni hills is examined. Shots of tea-growing as Goodenough explains the scheme's development. A local tea farmer describes what he does. Shots of a meeting of CDC officials, local councillors etc. involved in the scheme. Goodenough interviews Brock on CDC's involvement with the Kenyan government. Kibaki assesses the success of the scheme to all concerned. Sigurdsen, the Swedish aid minister, briefly outlines the projects they are interested in. Goodenough describes a water irrigation scheme in the Wamunyu district. Kibaki describes the value of Swedish help for irrigation projects and the kind of aid they are looking for. Kibaki explains how they know which country to approach for what kind of aid. Meinertzhagen and Sigurdsen briefly outline their government's philosophy behind their aid programmes. Kibaki comments on whether aid influences government policies. Meinertzhagen and Sigurdsen describe the benefits and possible other effects aid has on the donor countries. In the studio Turner chairs a discussion on aid by Hart and Braine. They begin by commenting on the amount of aid and the effects on donor countries. The importance of linking aid with better trading facilities is stressed. Braine comments on the need to coordinate aid efforts and how far aid may adversely influence living standards. Credits. |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/72137 |
| Production number: | 00525_2288 |
| Videofinder number: | 195 |
| Available to public: | no |
