But outside help is essential.

That does not mean cutting foreign aid.

NEW YORK The critics of foreign aid are wrong.

Most foreign aid programs with the sole exception of Britain s have dwindled or been eliminated altogether.

Cameroon turned to foreign aid, cut government spending, and privatised industries.

Few independence movements were totally independent from foreign aid.

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Fifth, external financial assistance cannot postpone the day of reckoning forever.

But foreign aid also undermines the development of local state capacity.

Japan s overseas aid declined by 44 when that country hit hard times.

At the time, foreign assistance was about 0.5 of rich country income.

Europe also dispenses half of the world s foreign assistance, compared to 20 for the US.

(2) Cut off all foreign aide to these barbaric Middle Eastern, African, or Asian countries

In particular, foreign aid to agriculture has shown marked declines over the past 20 years.

Effects of economic reform policies and foreign debt on the full enjoyment of all human rights

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Effects of economic reform policies and foreign debt on the full enjoyment of all human rights

71. Recognizes that national Governments have primary responsibility for coordinating external assistance, including that from the United Nations system, and evaluating the impact of its contribution to national priorities

(For comparison, in 2005 the United States spent 27 billion on foreign aid.)

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To put that into context, The U.K. government spends about 12 billion pounds a year on foreign aid.

Thus, foreign aid was regarded as a plot to trap poor nations in a neo colonial embrace.

Of course, not all foreign aid money is well spent.

In fact, foreign aid can also be used as a small inducement for national dialogue in Egypt.

After 1999, it had an economic boom as a result of post war reconstruction and foreign assistance.

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6. Emphasizes that recipient Governments have the primary responsibility for coordinating, on the basis of national strategies and priorities, all types of external assistance, including that provided by multilateral organizations, in order to integrate effectively such assistance into their development process

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Failure to address the deficit (and the mounting debt) will create pressures to reduce what the US spends on foreign aid, intelligence, and defense although Republicans are more likely than Democrats to protect such spending (except for foreign aid).

The severance package was very substantial, and a large part of Suriname's economy for the first decade following independence was fueled by foreign aid provided by the Dutch government.

Reinforcing the coordination of humanitarian assistance within the United Nations has long been a Canadian foreign policy priority.

Obama s foreign and defense policies have been assertive, to say the least, especially in the Middle East and the Pacific.

Boosting regional integration in the Maghreb promises much and would cost relatively little. But outside help is essential.

No nation, no people, ever experienced growth that sprang solely from external support.

Yet there was also frustration and bewilderment, as vocal opponents of foreign aid began to oppose the increased funding for disease control.

But the current budget relies on foreign aid to cover a 3 billion (10 of GNP) shortfall.

Malagasies, for example, have been the ones to feel the brunt of the suspension of foreign aid, which dominates Madagascar s budget.

At the same time, Tajikistan is among those countries whose social and economic development at this stage depends on assistance from abroad.

On the contrary, though foreign aid will not by itself transform Egypt s society or economy, and though some of it will inevitably be wasted and fall into the wrong hands, it can still do some good.

But, until US and EU regional policies are in sync with their aid programs, the aid will be seen, yet again, as a reward to corrupt officials for playing nice with their neighbors at a heavy cost to their citizens.

But doubling US foreign aid involves a modest amount of money, compared to what will be saved by pulling out of Iraq.

Historically, the Liberian economy has depended heavily on foreign aid, foreign direct investment and exports of natural resources such as iron ore, rubber and timber.

Influence on the United Nations Several studies suggest that foreign aid is used as a political weapon for the U.S. to elicit desired actions from other nations.

These investments are helping countries take direct ownership of the fight against infectious disease, ultimately reducing their dependence on foreign aid.