[correspondence to author] Little information is published by the Commission on the actual use of the Structural Funds in the current programme, except gross expenditures.
The ability of the government to deliver promised new development programmes, address gross inequalities in the country's long-neglected rural sector and vanquish the rightwing narcotics gangs is also in doubt.
The claim is based on a new report studying costs and benefits across seven areas – in Manchester alone, for every £1 invested in the programme, £2.20 in gross benefits were realised.
The country held the 184th place (out of 188) in the Human Development Index in 2014 (United Nations Development Programme 2015) and gross national income per capita was just USD 270 in 2014, which is substantially lower than the average for sub-Saharan Africa (UDS 1699).
UNICEF managed nearly 40 per cent more income and expenditure in 2005 compared with 2004, while containing the increase in gross support-budget expenditure (comprising programme support and management and administration) to 7 per cent.
Under the agreement, the government commits to development programmes and addressing gross inequalities in the country's long-neglected rural sector.
But by sharing data on prices and services through its children's services programme, the alliance has secured gross savings of £3m in one year, as well as ensuring the best possible provision for young people.
The Inbetweeners 2, the second spin-off film from the popular British TV programme, was the second highest grossing film in the UK in 2014.
The government has launched an economic transformation programme to more than double the gross national income to $15,000 by 2020.
The budget for healthcare programmes, constituting a sizable proportion of the gross domestic product (GDP; e.g., 11% of Canada's GDP in 2011), is inevitably affected [ 1, 3].
