21.   The U.N. World Food Program said its food-delivery pipeline has been threatened by funding shortfalls.

22.   Vivoni said the funding shortfall makes it harder to maintain housing projects in accordance with federal law.

23.   In its weekly update, the office administering the programme drew attention to a chronic funding shortfall which has got steadily worse during the two previous phases.

24.   A first round of talks opened in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, in October with a severe funding shortfall.

25.   Parents also have criticized funding shortfalls in education that caused hundreds of layoffs of teachers this month.