It is especially difficult to think of this as a way to finance international development aid.
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Looking only at development aid, the report argues, you find that aid works: it spurs growth.
This means new resources for growth-friendly investment, stabilising public finances or wider commitments such as development aid.
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Donors have since cut much of their development aid, which in turn has added to the economy's fragility.
Developing countries are looking for new and additional funds, not repackaged development aid.
That implies hundreds of billions of dollars on top of existing development aid.
He also stressed Britain's continuing commitment to development aid to Afghanistan beyond 2014.
Donors also need to break down the artificial divide between humanitarian aid and long-term development aid, the report finds.
Syria's nascent economic reform programme needs to be buttressed by a significant increase in foreign direct investment and development aid.
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She told peers the commitment to spend 0.7% of GNI on development aid provided an example to others "to do likewise".
And soldiers and civilians are beginning to understand that development aid can benefit local people rather than foreign consultants and contractors.
Crossbencher Lord Stern of Brentford and Conservative Lord Bates both argued that there was scope to spend even more on development aid.
But any attempt to swing the balance from humanitarian aid to development aid comes against the imperative of saving the starving today.
But several countries including the UK, France and Germany have been accused of reclassifying money that was already committed as development aid.
Today saw French President Nicholas Sarkozy advocating for a Tobin Tax, a tax on spot currency conversions as a funding mechanism for development aid.
The European Union has taken a different approach and has already removed all its sanctions and recently announced a 40m euro development aid package.
Mr Schmidle makes clear that Pakistan, proud of its sovereignty, needs deep and reasoned attention from the West, not just bundles of development aid.
The government wants to introduce legislation guaranteeing 0.7% of UK gross national income is spent on development aid, in line with the UN target.
The European debt crisis has led to cuts in government development aid to poor countries, says a new report by the aid watchdog Data.
Now the talk is of a grander design, with the Obama administration hoping to put development aid on a par with defence and diplomacy.
We should build new bridges to our friends in the region -- pressing forward on free trade, development aid, military cooperation and exchange programs.
Development aid is the wonkiest of wonk subjects, something the average person, at least until a few years ago, did not pay much attention to.
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Development aid has never been large, relative to any pertinent variable.
According to Chief Operating Officer DirkMeyerDirk Meyer of AMD, the investment is meant to complement his company's energy-efficient technologies while giving Transmeta some development aid.
Yet with the Bundeswehr mostly engaged in humanitarian work and peacekeeping, Germans may see sending soldiers abroad as just a form of armed development aid.
Afghanistan is the largest recipient of development aid from Canada.
He gave evidence to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee on 24 January 2012 as part of an inquiry into the effectiveness of development aid.
According to Chief Operating Officer Dirk Meyer of AMD, the investment is meant to complement his company's energy-efficient technologies while giving Transmeta some development aid.
"We will not only raise significantly the amounts of our own overseas development aid but also raise its share in national income, " Mr Brown told parliament.
Since then, Japan's prime ministers and the emperor have offered official apologies on many occasions and the government has continued to offer development aid to China.
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