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["Poulton, Colin D" <<address removed>>]

Thanks to Andy Bullock for his helpful clarification in response to my fifth 
summary of contributions to the Economic Opportunity theme. 

In describing DFID's Public Service Agreement as an "internal organisational 
issue", I did not intend to imply that this should only be of interest to DFID 
and its staff. Clearly, the terms of the agreement have major implications for 
what DFID does and are, therefore, of interest to all DFID's "stakeholders" - 
hence why I highlighted Andy's contribution in my summary.

What I was hoping to do in my comments was to encourage participants within the 
Economic Opportunity theme, who are familiar with DFID's workings, to comment 
not just on what DFID should be doing to enhance access for the poor to assets 
and markets, but also on how DFID organises itself, insofar as this affects its 
ability to perform in this area. 

Colin Poulton