Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations for 1998: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, First Session, Volume 3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1997 - Economic assistance, American |
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... Bangladesh , Guatemala , Mozambique , Nicaragua , Uruguay and Malawi realize the dream of more open societies . We have also adopted the policy that nations that do not embrace democracy , and that turn their backs on their citizens ...
... Bangladesh , Guatemala , Mozambique , Nicaragua , Uruguay and Malawi realize the dream of more open societies . We have also adopted the policy that nations that do not embrace democracy , and that turn their backs on their citizens ...
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... therefore it is , ironically , very American to support microenterprise programs . The irony is that the idea really came from Mohammed Yunis of Bangladesh who created the Grameen Bank . So we do learn things from other 47.
... therefore it is , ironically , very American to support microenterprise programs . The irony is that the idea really came from Mohammed Yunis of Bangladesh who created the Grameen Bank . So we do learn things from other 47.
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... Bangladesh , Egypt , and other developing countries are being applied in the poorest communities in America with encouraging results . After lessons learned from increasing the vaccination rate in Kenya were applied in Baltimore , the ...
... Bangladesh , Egypt , and other developing countries are being applied in the poorest communities in America with encouraging results . After lessons learned from increasing the vaccination rate in Kenya were applied in Baltimore , the ...
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... Bangladesh , where oral rehydration is an estab- lished part of the Child Survival Program , and mothers know how to prepare and use oral rehydration solution when needed , not one child is reported to have died from diarrhea following ...
... Bangladesh , where oral rehydration is an estab- lished part of the Child Survival Program , and mothers know how to prepare and use oral rehydration solution when needed , not one child is reported to have died from diarrhea following ...
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... Bangladesh , Philippines , Burundi , Tanzania , Ghana , and the South Pacific Islands , and four other countries have signed agreements to begin participation in the VII in the near future . UNICEF and several donor countries have added ...
... Bangladesh , Philippines , Burundi , Tanzania , Ghana , and the South Pacific Islands , and four other countries have signed agreements to begin participation in the VII in the near future . UNICEF and several donor countries have added ...
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