A Choice Between Two Africas; Don't let Gramm-Rudman-Hollings do development aid in. From: The Washington Post | Date: April 1, 1987| Author: | Copyright 1987 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Just when we need a Marshall Plan for Africa, Congress has something slightly less ambitious in store for a struggling continent that has risen gamely to one knee following years of drought. It's called the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Plan and threatens to abort the emergence of an economically viable and politically stable Africa.

Congressional budget committees, applying the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act as "equitably" as possible, have reduced the proposed African Development Fund for recovery and long-term development to $375 million from the recommended $710 million for fiscal year 1988. The ...

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