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Study: Aid To Africa Less Than Claimed
Washington (UPI) June 27, 2005 The Bush administration's claim aid to Africa has tripled is an overestimation, says a study conducted by the Brookings Institution. The actual percentage increase in real dollar terms in aid to Africa from fiscal year 2000 to fiscal year 2004 is 56 percent, according to the study headed by Susan E. Rice, former assistant secretary of State for African Affairs. At the end of FY2004, the government was spending $2.034 billion in aid to Africa; spending is now at $3.399 billion for FY 2004. President Bush rejected British Prime Minister Tony Blair's call to double aid to Africa, saying the administration had tripled its aid to Africa since his administration took office. The Brookings report found 53 percent of aid to Africa consisted of emergency food aid and not development aid, which contributes to sustainable development. Actual development assistance, excluding food and security aid, has risen 33 percent in real dollar terms from FY 2000 to FY 2004, it said. All rights reserved. Copyright 2004 by United Press International. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by United Press International. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of by United Press International. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Dirt, rocks and all the stuff we stand on firmly
Magnetic Reconnection Region Larger Than 2.5 Million Km Found In The Solar Wind
Paris (ESA) Jan 12, 2006Using the ESA Cluster spacecraft and the NASA Wind and ACE satellites, a team of American and European scientists have discovered the largest jets of particles created between the Earth and the Sun by magnetic reconnection. This result makes the cover of this week's issue of Nature. |
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