Guyana does not need to hold out a begging bowl to international donors for its unmanaged standing forests.

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The union, keen that its activities should be bankrolled by member countries, has eschewed the "begging bowl" principle.

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One by one they have all had to hold out the begging bowl.

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Its shares sagged as investors feared that it will join the queue of insurers proferring a begging bowl to secure fresh capital.

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"This is not a begging bowl to central government, " she added.

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