11.   The Palestinian Authority built Christian confidence by sinking millions of aid dollars into improving conditions around the birthplace of Jesus in Bethlehem, under their control.

12.   And then, with the help of U.S. aid dollars, Mubarak flooded Imbaba with unprecedented investment.

13.   Diplomats and international financial institutions worry that a new premier will back away from the economic policy to which they have tied tens of millions of aid dollars.

14.   Haitians vote Sunday in partial elections that have turned into a referendum on an internationally backed economic plan tied to tens of millions of aid dollars.

15.   It is based on an internationally sponsored program that ties tens of millions of aid dollars to cuts in government spending and bureaucracy.

16.   Other countries are choosing to give directly instead of trusting their aid dollars to the UNDP.

17.   Representatives of donor governments and international lending institutions fear legislators could slow down or even block economic reforms that are tied to tens of millions of aid dollars.

18.   The agreement funnels billions of aid dollars from Europe to its former colonies in the Caribbean, Africa and Asia.

19.   Tens of millions of aid dollars are tied to the plan.

20.   The international community has put hundreds of millions of aid dollars on hold until some elections results are revised.