economic assistance

collocation in English

meaningsofeconomicandassistance

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economic
adjective
uk
/ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪk/us
/ˌiː.kəˈnɑː.mɪk/
relating to trade, industry, ...
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assistance
noun[U]
uk
/əˈsɪs.təns/us
/əˈsɪs.təns/
help:
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(Definition ofeconomicandassistancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Some countries threatened to cut offeconomicassistance.
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Economicassistanceexpanded rapidly, while military cooperation steadily grew.
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Donors have also for many years been reluctant to use their substantialeconomicassistanceto press the government to confront wrongdoing by state elites.
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That would be the greatesteconomicassistancethat we could give to working women.
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The threat to withdraweconomicassistancemay occasionally be relevant but, more often than not, it does more harm than good.
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To describe our presenteconomicassistancepolicy as undergoing "savage cuts" is an emotional overstatement of the situation.
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Nor does it supply nuclear material, facilities, equipment or relatedeconomicassistancedirected to this objective.
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Here is a country which, in one way or another, understands its need for western investment andeconomicassistance.
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At the moment, it is mostly providingeconomicassistance.
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I should like to mentioneconomicassistanceneeded in two other countries.
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Can he also say a little more abouteconomicassistanceafter independence?
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It takes the form ofeconomicassistanceloans which are tied to projects in this country.
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We are holding detailed discussions with those countries and already provideeconomicassistanceto many of them.
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It has been and remains deeply involved ineconomicassistanceto the regime and also provides all kinds of military and security advisers.
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He has always tried to conduct the aid programme to provide effective and efficienteconomicassistanceto the poorest countries.
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A number of my constituents are happy when social justice includes a bit ofeconomicassistanceand advance.
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I should like to spend a few minutes talking abouteconomicassistance, because we have heard enough about the military aspects.
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However, it has helped to stem a tide of emigration, unemployment and poverty, which would have been worse without regionaleconomicassistance.
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He therefore urged that not a military presence buteconomicassistancewas required.
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Yes, but we would not deny that both retraining facilities and alsoeconomicassistancein development areas must be taken further still.
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