Sentences with phrase «aid commitments»
Multilateral assistance to Nicaragua in 1979 - 1980 had made up 48 percent of the country's new aid commitments, but under U.S. pressure multinational lenders cut back sharply so that for 1981 - 1983 they provided just below 15 percent of Nicaragua's aid.
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The government is planning to introduce legislation which would increase Britain's aid commitments from 0.56 % of GNI to 0.7 %, a 37 % real terms increase.
Labour, whose frontbench is divided on the issue, is still officially committed to leaving the single market (allowing Corbyn and McDonnell to make big state aid commitments) and ending free movement (a key concern of MPs with pro-Brexit seats).
Even if Ms Greening agreed with Lord Ashcroft and the Daily Mail etc it would be unlikely that David Cameron and Nick Clegg would support a radical pruning back of the UK aid commitment.
«Whoever wins the next election must set out a clear timetable to deliver the UKs existing aid commitments and increase UK aid spending excluding debt relief - to at least 0.7 per cent of national income as soon as possible.
The possibility of a post-Brexit economic slowdown will have an impact on the 0.7 % aid commitment (as it is based on economic performance), coupled with a possible reduction in both remittances and charitable giving to development.
With typical chutzpah, Cameron likes to claim those states in favour of such an FTT just want to «get out of their aid commitments».
Cameron deserves credit for hosting the GAVI conference earlier this year and working hard to achieve new funds for life - saving vaccination and immunisation programmes, and he has publicly rebuked other G8 leaders for backsliding on their aid commitments.
* Most Tory MPs in marginal seats told Matthew Parris of The Times that the PM was right to honour his aid commitments.
He asks if the PM will get other countries to match the UK's aid commitment to Syria at the G20 this week.
Cameron says «we must be careful we don't allow other countries to use a campaign for this tax as an excuse to get off their aid commitments».