Ya gotta read the small print.
This offer may be the greatest thing in Asia since opening the entire rice genome. And it may not.
$200 million isn't going to go far, but is much better than $100 million, for instance. And, the form is a critical matter.
A US government offer of $1 bn in commercial loan guarantees for the purchase of US-made anti-AIDS drugs has, to date, found no African takers.
Made with much fanfare, the US offer was for American made Aids drugs. I was told by a physician that this particular offer to guarantee loans was for purchases made at the full American price.
While the "One Billion in American Aid offered for Aids Drugs" sounded good, it was meaningless to the average guy or government in Africa.
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