But with just $195 million in new funding, the task force is considered an exceedingly modest effort.
Public funding, the task force argues, has too often concentrated on getting financial help to the poor, without helping them to find ways of creating wealth.
Considering the challenge that international organizations with resources like Oxfam have in monitoring funds, the task can seem even more challenging for local officials, said Oxfam's aid effectiveness director Greg Adams.
Still, the fund did the task it was given.
In "hedge fund" offices, the task for the Greek government appears overwhelming: its no longer if, but when it will default.
For all the optimism, this project is still in its infancy, the funding temporary, the task enormous.
Dutton said Tony Abbott would soon announce extra funding for the task as well as places to resettle refugees in Australia.
The European Central Bank's attitude is that providing medium-term funding is the task of the stability facility, while governments think it's the central bank's role.
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