Here the question of development aid has become more important than ever.
We need to focus development aid to those who can really use it.
Make sure we do it in the area of development aid.
This is particularly true in development aid where the available resources are never enough.
Development aid is all well and good, but other things, such as fair trade, are still more important.
Development aid has been only a small part of the strategy.
I want to see more funding made available for development aid.
In 1975 1,5% of the domestic product was spent on development aid.
New Zealand development aid will be cut in half, to $1.15 million.
At the same time, we give these countries an enormous amount of development aid.
On a global scale, meeting the goals would require about $150 billion of development assistance per year.
To be successful, we must consider the lessons of development assistance over the last half century.
Will changes to the terms used to describe development assistance make any difference on the ground?
Nearly all are poor and need the sort of development assistance that Taiwan can provide.
The development assistance stopped in the end of the 1970s to 1983.
I would like to say that, on official development assistance, Parliament is right behind you.
By their nature, such activities do not qualify as development assistance.
You know that we want the best development assistance for all countries, and this is the main thrust of our thinking.
I have one thing to say about official development assistance: the Commission's position on the matter is very clear.
All these provisions must not, however, lead to a fall in official development assistance.
