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Paris, June 19, 1998 (IDN) -- In a turbulent year for developing and
transitional countries, both aid and other financial flows fell in 1997.
Total financial flows to all aid recipients fell from $368 billion in
1996 to $272 billion in 1997...

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The full text of this story as well as the following stories are
available on the June 19, 1998 update of the International Development
Network Web site at http://www.idn.org/:

Good News From The Forests of West Africa - Bad News For Its People

MIF Approves $700,000 To Help Attract Investment In Water And Sanitation
Sector In The State Of Goiás, Brazil

Commonwealth Development Corporation Acquires Major Horticultural
Operation From Brooke Bond In Kenya

ADB Loan to People's Republic of China for Hebei Roads Development
Project

Agreement Reached on Emergency Telecommunications Convention

World Bank Provides US$600 Million To Support China's Agriculture And
Power

World Bank To Support Environmental Infrastructure In Croatia

World Bank To Support Reconstruction Efforts In Croatia

World Bank Supports Social Safety Nets In Malaysia

World Bank Supports Reforms To Uzbekistan's Enterprise Sector

Landmine Ratifications Pass Halfway Mark

PAHO, IDB Agree On Collaboration To Improve Health

Stealthy Killer: Half Of Those With Diabetes Don't Know It

Guinea-Bissau: ICRC Reports Alarming Humanitarian Situation

1997 Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize Awarded To Philippines President
Ramos And Nur Misuari