A rehabilitation of the Faffa Foods Plant was completed in March 1985 but already now it can be concluded that the capacity is too small to cope with the present demand for the Faffa products due to the disaster situation in Ethiopia. All production is now directed toward fulfilling the relief demand and there are no sales at all on the commercial market. In the light of this the Ethiopian Food Corporation has made plans for a second plant in Wollo (Dessie) and a study undertaken within the Swedish Development Corporation Office has pointed to the substantial savings in transport costs that a new factory would entail
The purpose of the study was to analyse the impact of Norwegian commodity assistance and import support to Bangladesh. The analysis covered both macro-economic effects and the purchases, deliveries and use of individual types of goods. The analysis covers the period 1978-85 when commodity aid represented around 70% of total bilateral Norwegian assistance to Bangladesh. The report concludes that Norwegian commodity aid has not had any direct impact on the living conditions of the poor. It also discusses how requests for different types of commodities originated in Bangladesh. It makes recommendations both as regards the commodity composition of such aid in the future, and the ways in which it should be administered and monitored. (Chr. Michelsen Inst.)
This paper will confine itself to a discussion of the theory underlying the study and the hypothesis arising from it, the methodology that has been used for data collection and that will be used for data analysis, and a very preliminary presentation of research findings
The purpose of the study was to gain information about smallholders in Nimba County, placing emphasis on labour requirements and socio-economic data in order to faciliate further decision taking in project planning. It should also create a basis, in the form of indicators, for the monitoring and evaluation unit to measure the impact of project activities