1.   It has to come from the overseas aid budgets of governments.

2.   The rest, the bilateral aid budget, is spent directly by governments in developing countries.

3.   Until then each department had its own grant aid budget, which was administered by the service committee.

4.   And steering World Bank lending to the Third World may appear a sop from rich nations that have been steadily cutting their aid budgets.

5.   Another congressional official said that any increase in the military aid budget for Israel should be reviewed closely.

6.   But the aid budget has already been cut by nearly a third over the last five years, and most foreign aid is related to security or political aims.

7.   Japan should contribute to the world through its aid budget and its knowledge, but never by bearing arms, it argued.

8.   Meanwhile, the United States has been particularly stingy with its aid budget.

9.   Most colleges have continued to increase their aid budgets for the poor and minority groups.

10.   Roughly half of the current aid budget supports military or security-related objectives, and is likely to stay that way.