Helping hand

United Kingdom, 1984

Film
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Episode of Series “Heart of the matter”.
Explains how current EEC policy of dumping surpluss food on Third World Countries simply encourages governments to do nothing about their own problems and that cash aid is preferable as it can be used to directly improve the infrastructure. Also the logistics involved in the distribution of EEC surplus in Ethiopia.

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Credits

production company

BBC

Duration

00:35:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1984

Appears in

Heart of the matter

Group of items

Heart of the matter

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

508244

Language

English

Subject categories

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Agriculture - Economic aspects

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Food relief - Developing countries

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Food supply - Developing countries

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → International relief

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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