In other words, France uses African reserves to finance part of its budget deficit at a concessional interest rate.

More concessional finance will be available for low income countries, and international liquidity will be increased by a hand out of 250 billion in special drawing rights (SDRs).

Now European countries finance 42 of IMF lending and 62 of concessional World Bank lending. This task will have to be shared by emerging countries with large reserves.

NEW YORK In recent years, a growing number of African governments have issued Eurobonds, diversifying away from traditional sources of finance such as concessional debt and foreign direct investment.

Acknowledged that developing country efforts to achieve and maintain debt sustainability should be supported by international assistance in the area of debt management and, where appropriate, by consideration of the provision of concessional finance and modification, including reduction of aid conditionalities

It is to provide adequate and sustainable financial resources on a grant or concessional basis.

It is no secret that sovereign bonds carry significantly higher borrowing costs than concessional debt does.

performance of measures to assist and support small and medium sized women's businesses through concessional lending

(c) Access to and transfer of environmentally sound technologies on a concessional or preferential basis, as mutually agreed

Beyond the provision of cheap credit and concessional loans is the global export of China s way of doing business.

The new non concessional debt more than offset the debt relief received, although export earnings have increased since 2001.

For 2001 alone, for the Republic as a whole, 190 women received concessional loans totalling 45,600, including the following

The figures for ODA are based on concessional transfers with grant equivalence of 25 per cent of nominal flows.

For example, in July, the International Monetary Fund commendably announced a substantial increase in concessional lending to least developed countries.

Financial and technical assistance is provided in the form of grants or concessional loans delivered primarily through four international implementing agencies.

Furthermore, when grants and concessional bilateral flows are used to clear arrears with multilateral institutions, this further reduces the resources available for development.

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The least developed countries and other low income developing countries would require a greater share of external resources on a concessional and grant basis.

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Debt reduction, either through stock of debt reduction or debt service reduction based on a concessional rescheduling, will continue to be considered only in exceptional cases.

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The March 2007 resolution called for vigilance and restraint in the sale of heavy weapons to Iran and avoidance of new grants, financial assistance, or concessional loans.

9 See, for example, World Bank, Global Development Finance 2005 Mobilizing Finance and Managing Vulnerability.

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