This suggests, among other things, that instead of supporting one-off programs promoting health or agricultural productivity, the international community should focus its aid efforts on deep political and economic change.
If we are going to invest in healthier ecosystems for local journalism, it is not enough to support one-off projects that exist in silos.
A problem is that those who support one case may be put off, or even enraged, by the other.
While Winnipeg might not necessarily be the biggest hub in Canada for electronic artists, the scene has harnessed its own collective, one that allows artists to freely feed off and support one another.
His comments came four days after the Independent disclosed that a prominent Tory, Nadhim Zahawi, supported a one-off amnesty as a way of boosting the economy – and improving the party's standing among ethnic minority voters.
While many politicians say privately that their pay has been ignored for many years and led to the expenses scandal, most also agree that the public will not support a one-off increase if austerity measures are in place.
Given the number of Windows XP PCs still being used in government and businesses at the time, Microsoft provided paid-for extended support on a one-off basis.
Another theme was Ofsted and its focus on one-off judgments rather than supporting improvement.
Proposals to the Cites summit supporting and opposing more "one-off" sales of ivory will not succeed, the Guardian has been told.
Some Facebook employees with families to support could earn a one-off payment of $15,000 or more for housing costs.
A relatively small sum is spent on exclusively home-grown initiatives, and very often that money is delivered as one-offs to support special projects - such as the £60m announced in June for the Sabre air-breathing rocket engine being developed by Reaction Engines Ltd.
