As it is, Mr. Maliki appears to hope that his meeting with Mr. Obama and a pledge of more aid will help propel him to another term in office.
The London conference is likely to end with a well-meaning communique and a pledge of further aid.
In April Jagielski, described as a "veteran negotiator", met with France's President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, and he was able to gain a pledge of $800 million in aid from France.
The best way we can see of turning this around is for wealthy nations to make a generous and concrete pledge of aid for the next five years — and then deliver.
As part of the Reagan Administration's support for his government, Habré, during a visit to Washington, received a pledge of US$32 million worth of aid, including Stinger anti-aircraft missiles.
The G8 countries meeting in Northern Ireland declared their support for convening peace talks for Syria, to be held in Geneva, "as soon as possible", and for a pledge of $1.5bn£960m0m) in humanitarian aid.
Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit flew today to a summit meeting of European leaders in France flush with news of a pledge of $10 billion in international aid to avert a financial crisis and with signs of progress in Turkey's effort to join the European Union.
Japan raised its investment to Africa in 2014 with a pledge of $32 billion that included aid, loans and commercial projects over the following three years.
But its latest pledge of aid to the Democratic Republic of the Congo sends a very mixed message, coming at a time when the International Monetary Fund has been cutting its loan programs to the country because of concerns about poor governance.
Mr. Biden's stern words, accompanied by a pledge of a further $50 million in American aid and help to break Ukraine's dependency on Russian energy supplies, underscored how little trust now exists between Washington and Moscow, despite their joint role in brokering an international accord on Thursday in Geneva that sought, so far with little effect, to defuse the crisis.
Despite the pledge of aid, officials said, the Administration was unable to give what it viewed as adequate aid.
