Sentence examples for diversion of aid from inspiring English sources

The proposal also lacks safeguards to stop the diversion of aid budgets towards subsidising multinational corporations, Eurodad warns.

Fearful of the "reputational risk of a possible loss or diversion of aid funds", the larger partner is often chosen, despite a 2013 report by the Overseas Development Institute showing that local aid frequently delivers equal, or greater, development returns.

They fear double counting and the diversion of aid flows, and although they will fight hard for money they will meet rock-hard resistance from the rich, who are determined to commit as little as possible.

However, the European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad) said many EU countries are now the biggest recipients of their own aid, adding that the latest figures had been "dramatically inflated" by the diversion of aid to cover the domestic costs of the refugee crisis.

Within weeks of the storm, independent organizations [ 20- 22] and the media began to report human rights abuses in cyclone-affected areas, including forced relocation of survivors, restrictions on humanitarian aid, and confiscation and diversion of aid[ 12, 23- 26].

Second, a recent series of reports has revealed that much aid is not reaching the poor, not just because of corrupt governments, but because of diversion of aid for other purposes and macroeconomic conditions imposed on poor country governments [ 34, 36, 37].

An impending famine is now likely due to devastated farmland and the diversion of humanitarian aid.

It matters all the more because talks are under way at the OECD in Paris directed at legitimising the diversion of development aid into the private sector.

"To approve this program would approve the actual diversion of government aid to religious institutions in endorsement of religious education, something 'in tension' with the precedents of the Supreme Court".

In addition to the diversion of food aid, regional Somali authorities are collaborating with pirates who hijack ships along the lawless coast, the report says, and Somali government ministers have auctioned off diplomatic visas for trips to Europe to the highest bidders, some of whom may have been pirates or insurgents.

Secretary Powell envisions a regional conference that at least begins political negotiations, coupled with a period of restructuring of the Palestinian Authority -- making Mr. Arafat more of a figurehead, reorganizing and simplifying the many Palestinian security forces, cracking down on corruption and the diversion of international aid toward guns.