1 Several states received waivers that tie aid to the recipients' behavior.

2 But tied aid leads to shoddy work.

3 Countering tied aid is a very important part of the trade finance policy of the U.

4 Countering tied aid is a very important part of the trade finance policy of the U. S. government.

5 Tied aid, the preferred mode of operation of western donors since the postwar period, would now be embraced by China.

6 Shamefully, a large chunk of French and German spending on education is a form of tied aid that enables the children of the elite in poor countries to study at European universities.

7 One is to promote and participate in the series of negotiations on tied aid together with other OECD member countries, and formulate the rules directly.