Foreign aid

A third convoy of aid trucks entered Egypt's Rafah crossing for Gaza, where stocks of essential supplies have run low

There is a long series of politically motivated assurances that were not honoured

No impact appears to have been made thus far in any of those fields or anywhere else

Delay mostly due to long project completion periods, systemic inefficiencies

Most foreign aid comes with strings attached

The official death toll from last Friday’s 7.5 magnitude quake has risen to 1,407

Contribution comes as the Trump administration looks to cut back on foreign aid

Premier says federal govt is working on introducing tax reforms to generate revenue, help future governments

Foreign loans generally labelled as ‘aid’ are procured to help the process of ‘development’

Hopes funding would help rid world of crippling disease by 2020