Around half the 67bn Euro European Union structural fund allocation to the country is being spent on road development, sanitation and environmental improvements.

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Chevron says the villagers may be sick, but that poor sanitation and continuing environmental abuses by state-owned Petroecuador are to blame.

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The aim of these efforts is to help meet the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on environmental sustainability, water supply, sanitation, food security and poverty alleviation.

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The goal of such efforts is to contribute to the achievement of the Millenium Development Goals on Environmental Sustainability, Water Supply, Sanitation, Food Security and Poverty Alleviation.

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The 1999 budget reduces social and environmental spending, including health, education, sanitation, water supply, land reform and welfare programmes.

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