Tony Mitchell, a spokesman for American Express, said that the company based its decision not on cash grants, but on assurances that government would rebuild the transportation network and address its security concerns.
In 2002, the Office for Human Research Protections OHRPP) visited SA and granted Federal Wide Assurances (FWAs) to 8 RECs in the country.
Nearly half of the members of the House of Representatives have signalled reluctance to grant trade-promotion authority without various assurances.
The Vatican, however, has resisted cutting ties to Taiwan and wants China to give assurances on granting religious freedom to China's Catholics.
He also recognized that he could not simply take military assurances for granted, telling Washington Post journalist and friend Ben Bradlee: "The first advice I'm going to give my successor is to watch the generals and to avoid feeling that because they were military men their opinions on military matters were worth a damn".
Mr. Wolpert agreed to testify only after being granted immunity as assurance that nothing he said could be held against him in any other case he might be involved in.
We would argue however that any sense of assurance granted by the Platform's aid effectiveness rhetoric should be accepted with some caution, particularly if one subscribes to the idea that 'past behaviour is often the best predictor of future behaviour'.
The concession was granted on the basis of assurances that car makers would restrict price differentials to 12% and would desist from anti-competitive practices.These promises have repeatedly been flouted, but only recently has any action been taken.
That gives her significant leverage to work out an agreement that will not involve any criminal charges, either through a grant of immunity or informal assurances that she will not be prosecuted.
