At the same time there is another Palestinian imperative that is both cultural and socio-economic, the absolute necessity to maintain international aid.

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The Soviets (and, for that matter, the Chinese) should be put on notice that such a resolution is an important test of their reliability as partners in international security -- with obvious implications for future economic aid and relations.

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The regime also reduced diplomatic activity with other countries, expelled international aid workers and clamped down on public markets and other economic activity perceived as threats to their authority.

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In the 1980s and 1990s, World Bank and International Monetary Fund officials wrote economic policy for African governments and bribed them with aid into signing up to it.

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But economic reconstruction is hardly possible if local business people, foreign investors and international aid workers do not feel secure in their persons and property.

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Many international aid advocates have pushed for notions of self-sufficiency and dignity in economic development, and their cause is one that should be promoted here in the United States.

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