Mr Kitao says this reflects the availability of funds and Softbank's risk-management practices.

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Britain has recently been putting public pressure on the World Bank to streamline its processes to ease the availability of funds.

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They have to plan on the assumption that spending levels and constraints imposed by the continuing resolution will persist, and then sequestration will further reduce the availability of funds.

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