"We will need a large combat presence for many years to come, and we will probably need a large financial commitment longer than that," said Stephen Biddle, a senior fellow for defense policy at the Council on Foreign Relations and a member of the "strategic assessment" team advising McChrystal.
Unep says the Sahel needs long-term financial commitment and better co-ordination of investments, and should draw upon funding sources such as the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change's "green fund" and the Clean Development Mechanism.
"I've made it clear that we would still require, as part of them re-joining the bidding position, that they would need to provide a financial commitment in relation to an exclusivity fee," added Clark.
Globally, we need greater political and financial commitment dedicated to agriculture and rural development, including increased commitment to reducing hunger and poverty at the national level.
It, along with a companion study [ 16], emphasized the need for political and financial commitment at the district level to achieve this goal a commitment they felt was lacking.
Before last season the veteran Nascar driver Ricky Rudd tells his main sponsor, Tide, that it needs to double its financial commitment in order to compete with the sport's heavyweights.
Investment needs to go beyond financial commitment to a medical HIV response.
"Congress would need to make a significant financial commitment to ramping up along those lines," he said.
"The background check process that I described before is work-intensive and requires a lot of trained manpower, and so Congress would need to make a significant financial commitment to ramping up along those lines".
We need a sustained political and financial commitment to fight this leading killer of children.
