Showing that commitment requires evidence of expenditure on US employees, an office lease, bank accounts, tax returns and purchase receipts for equipment.
As donor contributions inevitably decline, the Liberian Government plans to progressively increase the share it apportions to the health and social welfare sector, towards its Abuja commitment of 15% of total government expenditures.
"Not a general political commitment to increase expenditure, but a genuine precise, timed commitment to acquire the missing capability.
George Osborne's confirmation that he would honour his commitment to increase expenditure on the NHS is to be welcomed, but he has failed to understand the interdependence of health and social care.
By impressing an audience for the commitment with large expenditure, these fears may be diminished, and commitment to each other and their new roles increased.
The UK does not see the NATO endorsement as any commitment to actual expenditure, but merely a commitment to the principle.
7. Rate of expenditure of funds allocated.
"People are looking for a more modest expenditure and a more modest commitment of their time," he said.
This is because government expenditures result from appropriations and other forms of commitments; cash expenditures may follow appropriations and other commitments of money only after a considerable lag, notably in the case of construction and procurement.
And the commitment of national leaders to the MDGs confirms that they, as well as the donors, expect accountability for the significant expenditures now being made on health programs.
It is a commitment of years.
