development assistance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdevelopmentandassistance
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development
noun
uk/dɪˈvel.əp.mənt/us/dɪˈvel.əp.mənt/
the process in which someone or something grows or changes and becomes ...
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assistance
noun[U]
uk/əˈsɪs.təns/us/əˈsɪs.təns/
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(Definition ofdevelopmentandassistancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdevelopment assistance
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Overall, the message was that moredevelopmentassistancewas needed.
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The data also suggest a positive, though small, correlation betweendevelopmentassistanceand democratisation in the 1990s.
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Chapter 5 considers the ' need ' fordevelopmentassistance.
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This compares to about $80 billion the poor countries receive annually (2004) in officialdevelopmentassistance.
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Some of these suggestions can be acted upon bydevelopmentassistanceprojects.
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The public sector benefits from foreign transfers, through officialdevelopmentassistance, while workers, capitalists, and petty capitalists benefit from private remittances.
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It also suggests a supportive international environment, which includes debt relief, improveddevelopmentassistance, and better access to the markets of the advanced industrial nations.
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There was economic logic behind making legislative and administrative reforms a centre of attention indevelopmentassistance.
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The region accounts for about one-quarter of all officialdevelopmentassistancedelivered around the world.
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This book provides a review of the programme in order to demonstrate how such research and product commercialisation can be accomplished in the context of adevelopmentassistanceproject.
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The line between humanitarian anddevelopmentassistanceis a thin one, and it is in the interests of all actors not to define it too clearly.
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With international remittances worth approximately twice officialdevelopmentassistance, multi-lateral agencies and governments have recently become attracted to the potential of remittances to mitigate livelihood risks and enhance pro-poor investment.
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As the top aid donor since 1991, it is also evident that the country is using its expandeddevelopmentassistanceprogramme as an instrument of achieving this objective.
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Developmentassistanceministries competing for funding with other ministries, they may also not be willing to certify non-diversion at all costs.
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In many cases the paradigm influenced the process of decolonisation during the 1950s and 1960s, and generally inspired the phenomenon ofdevelopmentassistanceup to the end of the 1970s.
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It is, however, also a principle of ourdevelopmentassistancethat it should be partner-country-led and contribute to the national development plans.
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I obviously share your point of view and your position on this matter, but linkingdevelopmentassistanceto this issue is extremely dangerous.
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I presume you are confusing it withdevelopmentassistance.
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