drought relief

collocation in English

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drought
noun[C or U]
uk
/draʊt/us
/draʊt/
a long period when there is little or ...
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relief
noun
uk
/rɪˈliːf/us
/rɪˈliːf/
a feeling of happiness that something unpleasant has not happened or ...
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(Definition ofdroughtandrelieffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A substantial part of this budget category is actually transfer payments related todroughtrelief, which is clearly not an investment.
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The area is one which has been particularly affected by the drought in the region and where we have been assisting with emergencydroughtrelief.
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Direct assistance in 2000–01 totalled £52 million, including £15 million as budget support and £12 million ondroughtrelief.
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The emergency assistance that we have given fordroughtreliefcomes to some £1·4 million.
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Just before the cyclone struck, we had provideddroughtrelief, which can also help flood victims.
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Public spending skyrocketed, particularly in the areas of civil service employment, spending on social services,droughtrelief, and subsidies for government owned companies.
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He reformed the sugar industry, established agricultural academies and set up adroughtrelieftask force.
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While the heavy rains caused damage in areas, it provided beneficialdroughtreliefin other regions.
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The routine flood relief,droughtrelief, and other disaster relief efforts lead to diversion of scarce resources from development to rehabilitation and reconstruction.
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According to the local flood anddroughtreliefheadquarters, 4,452 homes were destroyed and 184,800 hectares were submerged in flood waters.
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More than 300 police officers and firefighters have been organized and dispatched to carry out relief efforts across the city, the flood control anddroughtreliefbureau said.
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Nevertheless, the largely subsistence economy is incapable of supporting high military expenditures,droughtrelief, an ambitious development plan, and indispensable imports such as oil; it therefore depends on foreign assistance.
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