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20/11/2008

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Piller, Tobias

2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - Germany | 04/06/2008

The failure of the FAO

The German daily comments on the Food and Agriculture Organisation's lack of a coordinated strategy: "Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the FAO, has begun to reduce the message of 'his' food summit to the standard rhetoric: he warns of the growing threat hunger poses for the world and calls for more money for developing countries. However this message lacks not only a constructive perspective but also plausibility. ... As a result, the excellent expertise of FAO experts stands in contrast to the failure of its political leadership. ... No wonder the FAO has failed to heighten its profile even though the organisation possesses the ability to see the big picture. ... The best contribution Jacques Diouf could therefore make to providing food for the world would be for him to make way so the FAO can make a fresh start."

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - Germany | 09/01/2008

Naples' trash problem symbolizes Italy's crisis

Tobias Piller describes how Naples' trash crisis developed over several years, so that increasing numbers of Neapolitans have turned the emergency into a career. "But the real geniuses were regional president Antonio Bassolino and his predecessor, Andrea Losco, who designed a trash separation system for Naples and the surrounding area: In 2000, about 2,400 garbagemen were hired to collect sorted waste, and 65 million euros were spent on machines and lorries - without any official application process, and cheered on by those in power. The lorries have disappeared. The garbage collectors openly admit that though they have been paid since 2000, they have not gathered a single kilo of trash. ... So the crisis may be a boon to those pulling the strings: If the problem supposedly must be dealt with quickly, it becomes much easier for them to eschew a transparent application process in favour of business associates and political cronies."

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