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technical assistance.
There are two main categories of aid
Financial aid comprises development
financial aid and
aid in the form either of grants or loans, and budgetary aid.
Development aid comprises allocations of funds provided for specific
projects e.g., schools, airfield improvements, roads, etc.
Budgetary aid consists of grants-in-aid provided on an annual basis
to certain overseas governments towards the recurrent expenses of
administrations. It is the policy of H.M.G. to taper off budgetary
aid by progressive annual reductions wherever possible.
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Technical assistance is provided to assist less developed
countries in their social and economic development and in the
improvement of their public services, including those of local
authorities and statutory bodies. It is furnished at the request
of the recipient governments, and in accordance with their own
estimates of priorities, within the limits of available financial
and other resources (and of course the judgment of Her Majesty's
Government as to the suitability of any particular project.
Assistance is given in the following principal ways:-
(a) Providing expert British advisers and in suitable
instances the services of British firms of consultants
subject to the provisions of certain facilities by the
recipient country and the reimbursement by that
country of a suitable part of the cost of any
consultancy.
(b) Providing assistance in supplementing the salaries
of British members of overseas public services
(the Overseas Service Aid Scheme)..
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