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Health, education, housing get miniscule allocations

by Henri Valot — last modified 2007-07-25 21:59

Health, education and housing continue to suffer highly inadequate allocations of funds from foreign aid received by the Philippines, this despite the international community’s commitment to prioritize human development components in foreign aid to improve the impact of aid on developing nations.

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