"And we know that well-spent long-term aid works wonders.
Last November, the EU pledged an additional €5bn (£4.2bn) in long-term aid to Egypt.
Perhaps it was France, which announced yesterday a €600m pledge for long-term aid.
Save the Children, any of several independent, voluntary organizations that seek to provide both disaster and long-term aid to disadvantaged children throughout the world.
So today marked the first time in years that Washington has talked of a long-term aid program for the country, one whose details are still undefined.
Long-term aid came from the 88 Plan, run by the N.F.L. and its players union, which provides up to $88,000 a year for dementia-related medical costs incurred by former players.
Primark has pledged to compensate victims who worked for its supplier and their families, saying compensation would include long-term aid for children who lost parents, financial aid for the injured and payments to the families of the deceased.
Landlocked countries will need long-term aid because they are at a huge geographical disadvantage, but we should also be channelling cash to their neighbours to build effective infrastructure links.
And the United States continues to provide more than $75 million annually to the Palestinians under a long-term aid commitment, though most of the programs it underwrites have been paralyzed for the last two months.
To an extent, Rodriguez is fighting for redemption at YES, which Scott Boras, his agent, said in 2007 would see its worth rise with long-term aid from his client's so-called "iconic value".
Seduced, perhaps, by the balm of Marseilles, the Union's 15 governments decided last week to nudge the emphasis of their long-term aid plans away from the Balkans and towards countries on the poorer side of the Mediterranean, which are closer in every sense to France and Spain.
