Sentence examples for aid to curb from inspiring English sources

It has been under foreign pressure, especially from the United States, from which it receives military aid, to curb the right-wing paramilitaries of the United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC).

Acting immediately can help to curb odors.

The EU investigation is believed to be the first time the commission has resorted to the rules on state aid to try to curb tax avoidance.

To receive Marshall aid, a country had to curb government spending, balance its budget, and dismantle trade quotas and other restrictions on the free market.

China has even more of a responsibility now to use its aid and its influence to curb the North's excesses.

Instead, Mr. Kyl focused on an amendment that would require a report from the State Department on Egypt's use of foreign aid from the United States to curb smuggling into Gaza.

Before, non-profits like Yayasan Abdi Asih could find the city's sex workers in one place, making it easy to offer the men and women aid and track efforts to curb HIV rates.

"The days of 'do as we say and not as we do' are over".Instead of increasing inflows through aid, the new approach is to curb the often bigger outflows from poor countries whether from the illegal siphoning of the proceeds of corruption or the legal shifting of corporate profits by mispricing internal transactions.

And when Uganda passed its draconian anti-homosexuality law in February, we argued not for a suspension of aid, but rather for pressure to curb rights abuses in the country – in particular, action to ensure that donor funds, especially in the health sector, were not complicit in abusive policies associated with the new legislation.

Additional support and attention are needed to curb this possibility.

Governments in several gulf countries have announced reforms and financial aid in recent days to try to curb public anger amid calls on social networking sites for demonstrations.