Sentence examples for for overseas development from inspiring English sources

But few taxpayers are aware that donors are allowed to spend aid money at home and that only a certain percentage of the money that governments announce for overseas development will reach developing countries.

This means Ms Patel is responsible for overseas development and the UK's programme of assistance to developing countries.

Ukip wants to close the department, merging its "essential functions" with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, but keep a single minister for overseas development.

Its budget for overseas development aid, exceeding $10 billion, equals those of the United States and Germany and is surpassed only by France's.

This included almost £12m on projects and campaigns to boost UK public support for overseas development, according to statistics published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DEconomic Co-operation

The police, the courts, the army, and local government face eye-watering cuts during the next parliament but the budget for overseas development will rise in line with the growth of the economy.

As part of this process, the EU "seeks to minimise contradictions and to build synergies between policies other than development cooperation that have an impact on developing countries, for the benefit of overseas development".

As we mark the 20th anniversary of the Beijing platform, with critical areas still lagging, it is unacceptable that developed countries are not committing to scale up their share of overseas development assistance for achieving gender equality.

Figures from the Countdown to 2015 Group, a World Health Organisation and Unicef collaboration that is tracking progress on the maternal and child health MDGs, show a downturn in the total amount of overseas development aid earmarked for these goals between 2009 and 2010 – the latest year for which there is data.

Financial additionality refers to the fact that funding for the implementation of projects must not come from overseas development or environment assistance funds.

The report makes a compelling case for greater investment in 'child-sensitive' development, and highlights the key role of overseas development assistance.